The Ruth (Schmidt) Humphries Collection contains fourteen photographs relating to the Schmidt family, circa 1895-1955. The collection has been processed into three series and has been arranged as follows.

The Location Series contains three images, 2011.17.01 – 2011.17.03. Image 01 dates from circa 1955 and features a group of five men at a display of electronics. Two of the men have been identified; Jacob Schuh and John Schmidt. Image 02 depicts the farmhouse of the Jacob Schmidt homestead, Artas, South Dakota, circa 1901. Image 03 depicts a group of children and adults standing outside at the Jacob Schmidt homestead in Artas, circa 1908. Image 01 is a gelatin silver print; Images 02 and 03 are albumen prints.

The Children Series consists of three portraits, 2011.17.04 – 2011.17.06, that depict groups of children, circa 1910-1923. Two of the images are gelatin silver prints; one is an albumen print. The names of some of the subjects are Matilda Schmidt Schuh, Arthur Schmidt, Edwin Schmidt, Florence Schuh, and Gideon Schuh.

The Adult Series contains eight images, circa 1895-1910, of individual or group portraits of adults, Images 2011.17.07 – 2011.17.14. Some of the names of the subjects depicted are: Henry Knoepfle, Katherine Schmidt, John Schmidt, Wilhelmina (Buck) Schmidt, Jacob Schmidt, Maria (Mueller) Schmidt, Magdalina Wagner, Hertha Miller, Fredricka Miller, Minnie Holzwarth, and Martin Miller. Image 013 is a cabinet photograph taken by Dickmann and Zeller of Harvey, North Dakota. This series contains three albumen prints, ten gelatin silver prints, and one cabinet photograph.