The Family papers series consists of a small amount of correspondence to Mary H.B. Rieffel and papers documenting Rieffel's academic career. Two ledgers track her belongings, one devoted to their repair and the other notating their disposition. The ledgers maintain the provenance of the belongings, dates, and relationships between those who gave the item(s). There are two sets of scrapbook pages containing newspaper clippings, one related to Rieffel's wedding in 1936 and one related to her parents' wedding in 1905. There is some correspondence from Rieffel's parents, Joanna Bush and William Bush; primarily, there are postcards from Joanna Bush to her daughter, Frances C.B. Grube, mostly concerning family news. There is a diary and some correspondence to her family dating from Mary H.B. Rieffel's trip to Plymouth, England, in 1931. Additionally, there are marriage certificates, birth and baptismal certificates, graduation and professional certificates, and obituaries.