The Williford papers consist primarily of photographs and examples of J.D. Slagle's artwork. A few printed materials and letters are also included. The items have been arranged by document type. Numbers listed after each calendared item are original accession numbers assigned to the documents by the Coos County Historical Society Museum.

The collection contains photographs of members of the Williford, Leighty, Roberson and Nuckols families ca. 1910-1920 who lived in Desha County and were presumably all related. The photographs are all identified by family members present, and occasionally by location. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by family.