Business and personal correspondence and business papers of Dr. Chandler C. Emery, Jackson, who was connected with or interested in the organization of the Adams County Farms Company, Jeanette; Poplar Grove Stock Farm, Adams County; the Bankers' and Merchants' Insurance Company, Jackson; the Heat, Light and Sanitary Association, Limited, New Orleans, Louisiana; the Mobile Plumbing Company, Mobile, Alabama; the Property-owner's Association, Limited, New Orleans; the United Citizens Insurance Company, New Orleans; the Globe Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Memphis, Tennessee; and many other business enterprises in the South.

The collection is divided into two files: correspondence and miscellaneous papers. The papers are distributed by date as follows:

• n.d., 320 pieces
• 1886–1889, 8 pieces
• 1890–1899, 158 pieces
• 1900–1909, 155 pieces
• 1910–1919, 512 pieces
• 1920–1929, 323 pieces
• 1930–1939, 219 pieces
• 1940–1947, 250 pieces.