Miscellaneous collection of items by or about evangelist Dwight L. Moody, including letters, newspaper clippings, photos, handbills, and a phonograph record collected from varies sources.  There are several items written by Moody about his work and activities.

There are six Moody letters (folder 1-1), both handwritten and typed, three of which ask for funds for the Northfield Schools and one for the work in Liverpool, England. The letters were addressed to Mr. Trowbridge, Mr. Henry W. Calhoun (December 4, 1893), Mrs. E. C. Hammer (May 28, 1897), and to "My dear Sir" (March 31, 1875). In addition there is a letter written to Mrs. Cockran concerned a scholarship (January 8, 1891) and one to Ira Sankey notified him of Moody's arrival in Chicago (December 4).

Items in folder 1-2 include a ticket to a "Moody Meeting" which was to beginning December 2, 1894, a Moody-Sankey handbill announcing a Men's Meeting, two Moody autographs with the scriptural reference, John 5:24 (one dated 1877), a ticket to "Special Union Services, conducted by Mr. D. L. Moody, at the Western Ave. M. E. Church" and a handbill advertising the sale of the memorial volume entitled, Life and Labors of Dwight L. Moody, by H. D. Northrop. An undated phonograph recording of Moody's voice reading "The Beatitudes," and Ira D. Sankey singing God Be With You is in the phonograph record file.

Six newspaper clippings from the New York Daily Tribune (1876) contain texts of Moody sermons are in folder 1-3. Also included is an undated clipping titled, "Moody and Sankey - Story of how Moody discovered the man to help him."

There are ten portrait carte de viste of Dwight L. Moody (4), Ira D. Sankey (1), Philip P. Bliss (2), and Mrs. P.P. (Lucy Young) Bliss (2), and a composite portrait of Moody, Sankey, and Mr. and Mrs. P.P. Bliss. Also a photograph of the "Moody and Sankey" train wreck near Tariffville, Connecticut which was carrying passengers who had attended a Moody and Sankey revival meeting in January 1878.

A most unusual item is a handwritten Moody sermon booklet (folder 1-4) on the life of Jacob. Cut out Bible verses are pasted alongside his notes. An envelope enclosing it lists the dates and places where he delivered the sermon.