This collection contains items by and about Ann Yerbury. The majority of items are poems, but there are also three pieces of prose, a notebook of important family events, and a modern newspaper article and letter. The poems and prose range in date from 1729 to 1753. The letter and newspaper article date from 1950 and 1956, respectively.

Original spelling, capitalization, and punctuation were retained in this finding aid. Some poems have additional titles docketed on the versos of the page; this is indicated as "title on verso" in the note field. These verso titles vary slightly in wording, spelling, or capitalization from the heading title at the top of the poem.