The Claire L. Starr Papers includes correspondence, genealogical research notes, newspaper clippings and ephemera dating from 1840 to 1958. They are organized into two series, Genealogical papers and Personal papers. The Genealogical papers include two scrapbooks, compiled genealogies, information about Starr’s membership in genealogical organizations, her correspondence regarding genealogy, and notes on her genealogical research.

The Personal papers include her correspondence, some family correspondence, information about her husband, Benjamin Starr, and her three daughters, Eleanor, Marjory, and Beulah, mortgages and deeds, insurance papers, accounts and receipts, and miscellaneous items such as name cards, post cards, prose and verse, and brochures.