The Shirley A. Briggs papers measure 64 linear feet. They are arranged in 32 series: Biographical, Education, Diaries, Professional, Books illustrated or edited by Briggs, Rachel Carson Council, Teaching files, Audubon Naturalist Society, Topical files, Correspondence by individual, Correspondence--chronological and alphabetical, Christmas cards received, Correspondence--family, Nellie Upham Briggs and John Ely Briggs, Family history, Original artwork--Christmas cards, Original artwork--general, Photographs--McNaughton family, Photographs--family, Photographs--people, Photographs--events, Photographs--places, Photographs--Audubon Naturalist Society/National Audubon Society, Atlantic Naturalist Magazine, Photographs--animals and birds, Photographs--artwork, Photographs--Fred Kent, Negatives, Slides, Audiovisual, Artifacts, and Oversize.

includes rolled tracings

birders with binoculars & Lou Henry Hoover in Girl Scout uniform

including Nellie and John Briggs wedding