The Stevens family papers, 1664-1959: in the New Jersey Historical Society : a microfilm project sponsored by the National Historical Publications Commission

"The Stevens family papers have been arranged in three main groups. The first division consists of the Stevens family papers per se; manuscripts dated from 1664 to recent times [the Robert Fulton and Stevens ferry controversy made up a part of these papers between 1795 and 1829] ... The second main group consists of the papers of the Hoboken Land and Improvement Company, a family corporation organized about the time of the death of Colonel John Stevens by his children to administer the lands, buidlings, and other properties and investments of the family ... The third large division of the Stevens family papers consists of materials collected or prepared by Colonel Basil M. Stevens. The basic arrangement of the main body of the Stevens family papers in chronological"

P. 19-20 from "Guide to the microfilm edition of the Stevens family papers.".

The "roll list" gives a detailed paragraph after each film number

in the "Guide to the microfilm edition of the Stevens family papers.".