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Lois Fay Powell (1883-1960) of Princeton, Massachusetts, was the daughter of Annah C. Harthan Fay (1853-1938), owner of the Hitchcock Press. Their home was adjacent to Little Wachusett Mountain, owned by Susan Minns (1840-1938) of Boston, Massachusetts, and given to the state in 1927 as a wildlife sanctuary subject to a life interest by Lois Fay Powell, its custodian. Mrs. Powell spent thirty-three years supervising the Minns Reservation, and developed a deep interest in botany, ornithology, and soil conservation, frequently writing for newspapers and journals on those subjects.

This collection contains materials gathered by Lois Fay Powell, for the period 1915 to 1958, pertaining to the Minns Wildlife Reservation. Included is correspondence with conservation officials, scientists, and Susan Minns; news clippings on Little Wachusett and related subjects; printed materials and maps of the area; writings on the early history of Princeton and Mt. Wachusett; photographs of the area; and three scrapbooks entitled "Little Wachusett Annals" for the period 1927 to 1958. The scrapbooks contain Mrs. Powell's diary entries concerning life as a caretaker and conservationist, with news clippings and additional correspondence attached to the pages.