This collection houses genealogical materials collected by Eva Clark and a paper (in folder 8) regarding her candidacy for membership in the Order of the First Families of Virginia, where she traced her lineage through the Turner, Johnson, Chisholm, Gibbons, and Eppes families. Among these papers are typed transcripts of wills, family Bibles, and government records from many states. There are also many letters from family members and various officials that Clark involved in her search. Her cousin, Malcolm V. Balmer, and Maurice C. Pruitt are frequent correspondents.

The first two folders house records for the Chisholm family, alternately spelled Chisum, Chisom, Chessum, and Chism. The third folder begins with Arthur Jordan in 1654 and gathers information about his branch of the family. The fourth and fifth folders contain primarily letters, but genealogical lists are also present. Folder four houses an intriguing letter in Maurice Pruitt's handwriting gleefully announcing that Maurice is dead and signed John Wade Pruitt. Folder six covers the Gillentine (Gyrlington) family and includes information about the Galloway and Eppes families. Folder seven includes the September 15, 1943 edition of Genealogy & History, which has been removed to oversized storage. Folder eight has two unidentified photographs in addition to several papers about people not related to the above families.