The bulk of the papers are comprised of Lou Budd’s collection of Mark Twain caricatures, interviews and reviews. Correspondence and materials related to his tenure as trustee at the Mark Twain Memorial for the years 1992-1999 are the extent of materials in the collection related to Budd’s professional life. The collection contains the manuscript and research for one scholarly article, Seeing Double Can be Twice as Clear: Mark Twain’s Impersonators.