The collection contains Lillian Crowell Schell's Masters thesis on qiviut or musk ox underwool, its history, and use in the modern knitting industry. As part of her study, Schell ran a knitting workshop in the village of Mekoryuk on Nunivak Island, Alaska, in which Indigenous Cup’ig (Nunivak Yu’pik) people participated. Schell also describes the historical development of the art of Indigenous Arctic peoples (referred to as “Eskimos.”)