This collection contains papers collected by Reverend Canon C.E.B. Harnsberger, a large portion of which are papers concerning his great-aunt, lawyer and suffragette, Laura Maria Berrien, including biographies; obituaries; newspaper and magazine articles; Huguenot Society membership certificate; Dames of the American Revolution Society application; U.S. District Court of Columbia death notice certified transcript; and correspondence.
There are also extensive genealogical notes compiled for the Berrien, Whitmore, Whitehead, Moore, and Starnes families; pension papers; family correspondence; and family obituaries and biographies. Finally, there is a letter from the donor detailing some of the genealogy of the Berrien lineage and a biography from Reverend Harnseberger's church, St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church publication 'The Messenger' following his death in 2013.