The Osterbind family files contain information on the descendants of Clauss Osterbind (ca. 1686-1742) of Oldenburg, Germany, including Anton Guenther Bernhard Osterbind (1820-1902), and his son Henry Carter Osterbind (1851-1914). Both Anton and Henry worked at Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond. The series includes a genealogy of the Osterbind family compiled by Mary L. Geschwind in 1997, information on ancestors who resided in Germany, and the family members who emigrated to the United States, and research on the Clarke, Copeland, Jordan, and Morrison families. There is also material relating to the Osterbind family's connection with Tredegar Iron Works, including original business records from the company (1845-1865), as well as their affiliation with the Methodist Church and the Freemasons. There are also papers concerning Mary Copeland Osterbind and her years at Salem Female Academy in North Carolina, and information on her siblings Minnie Guenther Osterbind Kimball and Carter Clarke Osterbind.

The Haase family files document the descendants of Reinhard Haase (d. 1659) of Hildesheim, Germany, including Christian ("Charles") Gottfried Karl Haase (1828-1907), who settled in Richmond, Virginia and established a fur business in 1857. This series includes a family genealogy compiled by Mary L. Geschwind in 1998, There are also original letters, 1871-1906, between Charles and his cousin Gottlieb Karl Leopold Haase (1844-1917) of Reval, Russia, and his nephew, Wilhelm August Leopold Haase(b. 1842), of Hettstedt, Germany, the latter of whom was also in the fur business. Most of this series, however, relates to Charles' son, William Frederick Haase (1877-1967), who married Mary Copeland Osterbind (1876-1935). There is information on their childhoods, courtship, wedding and honeymoon, and their children, especially Margaret Ruppert Haase (1903-1982). The series documents family vacations, including visits to the Jamestown Exposition in 1907 and Niagara Falls in 1910, holiday celebrations, visits to and from relatives in Battle Creek, Michigan, and student life at Randolph-Macon Woman's College and the University of Virginia.

The Looper family files document the descendants of Joseph Burdine Looper (1858-1927) of Pickens County, South Carolina, specifically his son, Dr. James Burdine Looper (1899-1950), who married Margaret Ruppert Haase (1903-1982) and settled in Oxford, Mississippi. This series details student life at Furman University, the University of Virginia, and the University of Chicago, marriage, family life, Margaret's interest and involvement in music, art, gardening, genealogy, and the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Dr. Looper's career at the University of Mississippi, where he was professor and later dean of the medical school. There is a large amount of information concerning attempts to establish a four-year medical school during Dr. Looper's tenure at Ole Miss.

The Geschwind family files contain photographs and originial documents of the Geschwind and Goerke families of Germany, but a majority of the series relates to the family of Hermann Geschwind (1930-2006) and his wife Mary MacAdam Looper Geschwind (1932-2017), including their courtship at the University of Mississippi, marriage in Wiesbaden, Germany, his service in the United States Navy, graduation from the University of Richmond, and the family's relocations to Greensboro, North Carolina, and later St. Gallen, Switzerland, where he was employed with Burlington Industries. There are also files relating to their son, Carl-Henry Geschwind (b. 1965), and his school years at Grimsley Senior High in Greensboro.

The subject files contain materials that were not originally organized or filed in three-ring binders. They relate mostly to the Haase and Looper families, and include accounts and receipts, artwork, bank statements, class notes, clippings, correspondence, estate papers of William F. Haase and Dr. James Burdine Looper, sympathy cards and notes, and taxes. Most of this series, however, are genealogical notes on various lines allied with the Osterbind, Haase, and Looper families.