Correspondence, photographs, real estate records, financial records, sheet music, and event programs relating to Hubert Gordon Collett and the Collett Family of Adair County, Missouri.

Record Group 1 contains approximately 760 documents pertaining to the family history of the Collett family, and the personal life of Gordon Collett, in the Kirksville, Missouri area. The collection ranges in date from 1874-1973, and consists of a wide variety of document types, including photographs and negatives, sheet music, financial records, land deeds, correspondence, and event programs.

Record Group 2 (The Genealogical Collection) contains genealogical material compiled by Gordon Collett. There are approximately 1320 items pertaining to the personal lives of Hubert Gordon Collett, his wife Mary Kerr Collett, Gordon's immediate family members, and correspondence regarding genealogical research. The collection ranges in date from 1870 to 2001 and includes photographs and negatives, diplomas, birth and death records, correspondence, and event programs.