Biography of Henry Dwight Porter, by A. H. Smith, 1867

This collection includes many examples of Arthur Henderson Smith's original writing, such as correspondence, a Civil War diary, biographies, and handwritten manuscripts, along with published versions of his various articles and books. There are also some articles about Smith, photographs, and an autograph book Smith kept featuring signatures and handwritten notes from many prominent figures of the 19th century, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, P. T. Barnum, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Millard Fillmore, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and William Howard Taft.

The diary, autograph book, and other select writings are accompanied by transcriptions. Several other published volumes are cataloged in the Beloitana special collection housed in the Beloit College Archives.