Carla Emery was a believer in self-sufficiency and the “back to the land” philosophy. Her papers include correspondence, manuscripts, videocassettes, various editions of her book Old Fashioned Recipe Book, and class schedules of the School of Country Living, which she opened in Kendrick, Idaho in 1976.

Ledger books with yearly records of production, expenditures, sums, and receipts. Photographs, tax documents, German grammar studies, bible studies, recipes, and a record of family history and biography written by Samuel Culbertson Orr in 1964.

Collection of recipes, publications, newsletters, and other papers.