The collection contains 800 pieces and 27 volumes, all relative to Mr. Pollard's banking, estate, and investment activities between 1865-1897. The papers are generally arranged chronologically, and further organized by subject or type of material. In box 1 the researcher will find correspondence circulars, and other papers concerning railroad and real estate investments undertaken or managed by Mr. Pollard. There are folders of manuscripts for the St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad, as well as for the New York & Oswego Railroad, Flight & Pere Marquette Railroad, and the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Minnesota Railroad. Box 2 contains general banking and estate papers for the Stonington National Bank, and Pollard as estate manager or executor. In addition to inter-banking receipts are folders for the estate for Bridget Haley, and for the William J.H. Pollard estate, which was managed by Mr. N. A. Pendleton, who had succeeded Pollard as cashier at the Stonington National Bank. The 27 volumes have been roughly arranged by type.