The family papers include matter relating to the Storer family, Everett Peabody, Oliver W. Peabody, Peabody Associates, Gertrude Bayley, William S. Eaton, and Amelia Peabody. The Storer family papers were removed from a scrapbook; the items are numbered in the order in which they appeared in the scrapbook. Included is a 1722 letter from Ebenezer Storer (1699-1761) to Mary Edwards (1700-1771); a history of his business troubles during the Revolution by Ebenezer Storer (1730-1807); and an 1802 "Memorandum of Affairs" by Ebenezer Storer (1730-1807), as well as later copies of family correspondence and other writings. Silhouettes of Ebenezer Storer (1730-1807) and Charles Bulfinch (1763-1844) have been removed to the MHS silhouettes collection.

The materials relating to Everett and Oliver W. Peabody were bound into a scrapbook, along with numerous photographs, detailing the death of Everett Peabody and Civil War experience of Oliver W. Peabody. There are many newspaper clippings concerning the manner of Everett's death in the Battle of Shiloh, as well as correspondence with Oliver W. and Francis H. Peabody from many acquaintances concerning the death of Everett. Later items describe Oliver W. Peabody's service as Captain and Lieutenant Colonel of the 45th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment and his death in 1896. This scrapbook was disbound in Feb. 2000. The items are numbered according to their order in the scrapbook. Photographs from the scrapbook were removed to the MHS Photo. Archives, Amelia Peabody photographs (Photo. Coll. 28); see the Guide to that collection for details.

Amelia Peabody's personal papers consist of a few drawings, many newspaper clippings regarding family matters, a few items of correspondence and ephemera, and a series of newspaper articles and other documents concerning her life and career, death and memorials.

William Storer Eaton's papers consist of a few drawings and newspaper clippings, poetry about his "Nichewaug Club" (a horseback-riding club), and loose items from his Taormina record books (Diaries and Records, vols. 9-10).

Gertrude Peabody Eaton's papers consist of two manuscript poems removed from her farm diary (Diaries and Records, vol. 3).

The genealogical papers include wills and/or other items concerning the deaths of Georgiana G. Eaton, Gertrude (Bayley) Peabody Eaton, William S. Eaton Sr., William S. Eaton Jr., Georgie Andrews Kinsley, Frank E. Peabody, Lilian Peabody, Mary L. Peabody, and Oliver W. Peabody. There are numerous notes and genealogical matter for the Atkins/Gray, Bancroft, Bayley, Bourne, Eaton, Kinsley/Billings, Leonard, Peabody, Porter/Varnham, Quincy/Hancock, Tobey, and Walker families.

The estate papers (boxes 3-5) are papers presumably gathered by the executors of Amelia Peabody's estate. They contain appraisals of real estate, furniture, paintings, jewelry, and stock holdings, with other inventories of property and papers relating to the disposition of the estate and properties at 120 Commonwealth Avenue and 328 Newbury Street in Boston, and her numerous land holdings and buildings in Dover, Mass. Box 3 contains all papers relative to 120 Commonwealth Avenue and 328 Newbury Street (the Peabody garages). Box 4 contains papers pertaining to all the properties in Dover, Mass. Materials in Box 5 relate to the estate in general, and include items such as deeds for plots in Forest Hills Cemetery (Jamaica Plain, Mass.), a portfolio evaluation, papers concerning farm equipment and livestock, jewelry appraisals, instructions to the executors, and other matters.

There are 15 volumes of diaries and records in the collection. The first two are a detailed European travel journal of Francis H. Peabody kept in 1872, when he traveled abroad with his family and others. Volume 3 is a diary kept by Gertrude (Bayley) Peabody, later Eaton, at "Snipatuit Farm" and camp, a Peabody property in North Rochester, Mass., 1905-1923, when the farm was sold. Volumes 4-6 are an intimate diary kept by Amelia Peabody, from her "coming out" in 1909 to 1918. Volume 7 is a travel diary kept by Amelia Peabody in 1927 on a voyage to Madeira, Gibraltar, Algiers, Monaco, Naples, Greece, Damascus, Jerusalem, Cairo, Venice, and other locations. Box 6 contains five small Amelia Peabody volumes, including a line-a-day diary, 1935-1940; three date books with scattered diary entries, 1957, 1963, and 1972; and an undated sketchbook. Volume 8 is a notebook of records of sculpture by Amelia Peabody, with name (if any) of the sculpture, size, price, where shown, the purchases or commissioner, etc. No dates are given, but the notebook appears to date from the 1960s. Volumes 9-10 are record books for W.S. Eaton's yacht Taormina for 1938-1941, with photographs, guest lists, ephemera, and summaries of activities by season.

The scrapbooks were all kept presumably by Amelia Peabody, and contain photographs, newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, greeting cards, and other ephemera relating to her many interests and activities. These include, but are not limited to, sculpture, horses, animal husbandry, her solar house, the Red Cross Arts and Skills program, her farms in Dover, the activities of family members and friends, as well as Boston high society events. (Note that photographs in scrapbooks have not been numbered as part of the Amelia Peabody photographs, Photo. Coll. 28). Volumes 5 and 6 are scrapbooks documenting the design, construction, and function of Amelia Peabody's solar house in Dover, Mass.