The collection includes photographs of Maurice du Pont Lee's family members, including his mother, Marguerite du Pont Lee, and his brother, Cazenove Gardner Lee, as well as Mrs. Maurice du Pont, Mrs. Alfred I. du Pont and other unidentified family members. In addition, there are several items relating to the Lee family, including a broadside advertising "Britain's Lee family," views of Cobbs Hall Burying Ground in Virginia, and of Coton Hall, near Shrewsbury, England, the ancestral home of the Lee family. There are also a number of photographs concerning Cornell College, circa 1907, including group shots of Sigma Phi fraternity; numerous views of the fraternity house (both exteriors and interiors); an unidentified building on fire; a group portrait of the tennis team; and miscellaneous snapshots.

The collection also includes a group of public relations photographs of Maurice du Pont Lee, dating from 1950 to 1969, including views related to the following institutions or activities: Alcoholics Anonymous; Project "Hope"; Board of Park Commissioners; American Association of Retired Persons; Wilmington Country Club; Mancus Foundation; Anti-Communist Education Project; Mayor's Advisory Committee, Wilmington, Delaware; the opening of Exeter Hall; and the Wilmington Morning News Tennis Tournament, 1956.

There is also a group of miscellaneous photographs, including a group portrait of a DuPont Company Dyestuffs mission to England from 1916 to 1917; an aerial view of the Bellwood plant, Old Hickory Chemical Company, 1948; an artist's conception of Hagley Museum building, 1954; views of the model and artist's conceptions of the Armstrong seadrome, 1928; views of the Paracutin volcano, Mexico, 1943; and views of miscellaneous buildings in Bayonne, New Jersey.