The Samuel L. Crawford scrapbooks consist of four boxes of leaves removed from what originally had been three (or two?) volumes. The material consists primarily of newspaper clippings relating to Seattle pioneers and includes items from a column in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer written by Crawford entitled, "Noted by the way" (1896-1897). The scrapbooks themselves may have been compiled by Mrs. Samuel L. Crawford (Clara M. Crawford, 1857-1930); the second and third volume in particular contain items related to the Seattle social scene and other material that postdate Samuel L. Crawford's death. A typed index to volume 1, alphabetical by subject, also is included on reel 1 of the microfilm.