The Gerber papers date from 1988 to 1989 and measure 3.5 linear inches. The papers consist of the prospectus that Gerber sent to the publisher of Girl Alone: The Homesteading Letters of Elizabeth Corey, and the subsequent manuscript of the edited letters, entitled Bachelor Bess: The Homesteading Letters of Elizabeth Corey, 1909-1919. The letters reside in the South Dakota Historical Society, Pierre, South Dakota.