The Isaac Wallis Baker papers are transcriptions of five different ship's logs that were written by Baker while he worked on the ships. They contain technical information such as latitude, longitude, temperature, direction, and the status of the crew and ship. However, they also contain jokes, poems, short stories, and opinions. It is not known why the transcriptions were typed, who they were typed by, or where the original ships' logs are located. Three of the transcripts have handwritten dates, which are assumed to be the date of the transcription. The transcriptions also contain notes from the transcriber.