The series contains a scrapbook created by Esther Adelina Lasell Bamford between the years 1933-1942, reflecting her early schooling and personal interests, as well as correspondence to Esther’s aunt, Adelina Ord Lasell, from various members of a branch of the Ord family living in New Zealand. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings covering local and national news and events, songs, poems, pictures, knitting and needlecraft patterns, and recipes. Also included are copies of the local school paper, the Wainwright High School “Gusher,” programs from local performances, and song and poems copied out by Bamford. The letters to Adelina Lasell are written between 1938 and 1940 by several members of the Ord family (Lasell’s maiden name) living in New Zealand. The letters concern family updates and history and the death of Lasell’s sister, Mary.