This series consists of a variety of documents collected by Harrison that he found of interest. Some relate directly to his life and work; with other items, the connection to Harrison is less clear. Included in this series are everything from cocktail recipes, to copies of poems Harrison enjoyed, to a list of the members of the Chicago Board of Education appointed by Harrison. This series also includes: (a) documents relating to the Chicago street railway workers strike of 1912, including a draft settlement agreement prepared by Clarence Darrow; (b) an account by William Preston Harrison, Harrison's brother, of Preston's round-the-world trip from 1887-1888; (c) William Preston Harrison's autograph collection, which includes the autographs of a number of Civil War generals, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Jefferson Davis; and (d) statements by Harrison regarding his work with the American Red Cross in France at the end of World War I.