This collection includes materials related to Philadelphian wrought iron craftsmen and brothers, James Moore Bryant Keyser (1902-1977) and Howard Keyster III (1904-1980) of The Iron Craftsmen company.

The collection contains extensive reference material related to the Keyser brothers ironwork, including drawings and blueprints of entrances, gates, light fixtures, doors, fencing, hardware, railings, and assorted ecclesiastical, residential, and commercial material. There is miscellaneous correspondence material pertaining to business matters, including extensive communication with the T.B. Rayl and Co., a company which sold the Keyser brothers tools, hardware, etc. Additionally, there are various ephemeral materials and a June 1906 issue of The House Beautiful magazine.

The majority of this collection consists of drawings, blueprints, and other notes for residential, commercial, and ecclesiastical projects serviced by the Keyser brothers. There are several drawings, blueprints, and notes of correspondence pertaining to residential projects from the 1920s including entrance door designs for the R.T. Vanderbilt residence and wrought iron grill blueprints for the F. King Wainwright residence in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. There are additional drawings, blueprints, and correspondence for commercial and ecclesiastical projects including the Horn and Hardart Baking Co. Automat; Cheltenham High School in Wynncote, Pennsylvania; the York, Pennsylvania Y.M.C.A; the Green Hill Farms Hotel swimming pool in Overbrook, Pennsylvania; numerous churches and the Presbyterian Summer Camp recreation building in Island Heights, New Jersey.

Additionally, there are four iron works including an iron bar with “In Thanksgiving” engraved into the surface, tongs with concentric circle engravings, a medallion with “FA 1817” and a snake engravings, as well as a decorative four-pointed item. Further are three reference books; Ancient and Modern Ornaments (1887) by W.M. Melburn; The Old Colleges of Oxford, Their Architectural History Illustrated and Described (1912) by Aymer Vallance; and Die Renaissance in Italiene, Eine Sammlung der Werthvollsten Erhalten Monumente in Chronologischer Folge Geordnet (The Renaissance in Italy, a Collection of the Most Valuable Preserved Monuments Arranged in Chronological Order) (1886) by Alexander Schütz.