These three volumes list, by range and township, the holdings of the Company, and contain descriptions of the lands. The kind and amount of standing timber is given, as is the soil condition and ground cover.

The first volume, 1884-1885, was concerned with the holdings of Holt and Balcom. The volume for 1903 through 1939 describes the holdings of the Holt Lumber Company, and the one for 1940 is concerned with the Holt Hardwood Company at Oconto, successor to the Holt Lumber Company.