The collection features images related to the Crofton, du Pont, and Shubrick families between the mid-to-late nineteenth century. The collection has been organized into two series: Photographs and Albums.

The Photographs series includes portraits of notable du Pont family members, such as Samuel Francis (1803-1865), Henry Algernon (1838-1926), and Alfred Irénée (1864-1935), and Shubrick family members, including Irvine Shubrick (1797-1849), Thomas Shubrick (1825-1847), and Gabrielle Josephine Shubrick (1835-1894). This series has been arranged alphabetically by last name.

The Albums series focuses on Ethel Crofton Hunts' family's time serving in the United States military, including during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and her grandfather, Robert E.A. Crofton's, (1834-1898) command at Fort Bufford, North Dakota (1886-1891), Fort Sheridan, Illinois (1891-1896), and Fort Bayard, New Mexico (1896-1897). Not only does the collection feature personal family photograph albums owned by Robert E.A. Crofton's daughters, Mary Ethel Crofton (1876-1961) and Gabrielle Josephine Crofton (1873-1906), but also a published book of photographs of Fort Sheridan, Illinois. The daughter's albums illustrate everyday life for a young woman living at a military fortification in the late nineteenth century. This series has been arranged chronologically.

Researchers interested in genealogical, Civil War-era photography, and late nineteenth-century military installations would find this collection useful.