Publications by and about Elizur Wright, focusing on his work with the insurance industry. Includes article in the Medford Mercury (1931) reporting on efforts to fund a memorial chair for the study of insurance at a major U.S. university; two books by Wright: Traps Baited with Orphan or What is the Matter with Life Insurance (1877) and Elizur Wright's Appeals for the Middlesex Fells and the Forests with a Sketch of What He Did for Both, by his daughter Ellen M. Wright (1904); and publications about Elizur Wright containing 7 issues of the American Conservationist published by American Conservation Company (1931-1932).