Series III. Orne Family covers the years 1811 to 1876, and contain papers of Joseph Orne (1796-1818), Sally (Ropes) Orne (1795-1876), Elizabeth Ropes Orne (1818-1842), and Abigail Ropes (1796-1839). It contains three subseries. Subseries A. Joseph Orne contains the papers of Joseph Orne. His correspondence includes letters from Harvard University classmates Willliam Henry Moulton, Stevens Everett, and John G Palfrey. The folder of receipts (box nine, folder four) documents the expenses of outfitting their first house at the time of their marriage in 1817. Also included are receipts listing books purchased from Reverend John Prince's estate for Orne's extensive library. The folder of writings contains copies of lectures, essays, poems, eulogies, and two notebooks of Biblical explications.

Subseries B. Sally Ropes Orne contains the papers of Sally Orne. Her correspondence contains letters to her stepmother and brother, letters from relatives Margaret Prescott and Margaret Emery, and Salem friends Humphrey Devereux, Reverend Charles Upham, and Reverend Charles Sewell. Of particular interest are copies of the letters written by Sally and Elizabeth Orne on a trip to visit Nathaniel IV in Cincinnati, from 1838 to 1840. Also of note is the February 26, 1829 letter from A.E. Cleveland describing a ball given for the British minister in Washington, and Humphrey Devereux's April 27, 1834 letter describing the White House. The papers relating to the guardianship of Elizabeth Orne (box 10, folder two) document Sally's questioning her uncle Jonathan Hodge's handling of Elizabeth's financial affairs, and replacing him with Benjamin Merrill as guardian. The miscellaneous papers include poems written and copied by Sally after the death of her daughter. Subseries C. Elizabeth Orne contains the papers of Elizabeth Orne, which consist primarily of school notebooks, sermon books, pencil sketches, watercolors, and commonplace books. Of interest is the diary kept on her trip to Cincinnati from 1839 to 1840, which describes a visit to the Mt. Lebanon, New York Shaker settlement.