Volume One – The Chief, (pp 1-62) contains information about Chief Sleepy Eyes and his family. Included are copies of letters, parts of a taped interview with Lazarus Adams, newspaper clippings, and stories about the chief.

Volume Two – Sleepy Eye Platted and Organized, (pp 63-138) contains information about the first railroad in sleepy eye, sketches of the town’s first residents, and the government of Sleepy Eye and Brown County including the building of numerous government buildings.

Volume Three – Businesses, Professions, Churches, (pp 139-222) contains information about several major businesses in Sleepy Eye including the Sleepy Eye Milling Company. Furthermore, this volume documents doctors, lawyers, bankers, legislators, and photographers. The volume ends with the history of the town’s churches with particular attention devoted to the Episcopal Church in Sleepy Eye.

Volume Four – Learning, Reading and Communications and Recalling the Frontier, (223-342) contains information about the public and parochial schools in Sleepy Eye, the town’s library, and histories on telephones and newspapers within Sleepy Eye. Scobie provided the yearly events of the town between 1961 and 1963. She concluded by discussing the farms in Home Township and several family histories.

Volume Five – Recreation, Organizations, Miscellaneous, and Personal, (343-441) contains information about the cultural history of Sleepy Eye included are civic organizations, military organizations, the Boy Scouts, Farm Bureau, and the Four-H. A short history about a defunct town called Red Stone is included along with excerpts from the Peter Geschwind manuscripts and the diary of William R. Brown, a Fort Ridgely soldier. The last section was restricted until 1 January 1980. In this section 1935-1972, Scobie wrote about her experiences in politics and her meetings with political candidates as a member of the Republican Party and a correspondent with the New Ulm Daily Journal.

Folder #1 – The folder contains a history of the School District #21 (then #19) written by Helen R. Schroeder and Elizabeth Scobie (1971). In addition, three letters regarding the school district, the LaFromboise family, and Lloyd Berkner are included. A.C. Von Hagen’s typewritten statement concerning the reburial of Sleepy Eyes’s bones is included.

Folder #2 – The folder contains five plat maps for Evan, Minnesota.