The collection comprises scrapbooks, photographs, a family history, and miscellaneous items relating to the lives of Smith Lafayette Russell (1895-1979) and his wife Florence Mildred Dodge (1895-1998), both Pomona College Class of 1917 graduates. The bulk of the materials consists of Florence Dodge's scrapbook and photographs, which graphically document student life, both academic and social, at Pomona College in the years 1913-1917. The collection also contains a scrapbook of Smith Russell, 1911-1912, and his History of Smith and Florence Russell and Family, 1971.