The fonds consists of 35 photographs of the Kirstein family including family historical photos and many of Haina's rodeo days especially driving his pony chariots. An accrual includes 10 pages of family genealogical history and a complete biography of the August Kirstein family written by Myrna (Kirstein) Burton.
August Kirstien with his first wife, Wilhelmena and six children, Back: Rudolph, Frank ( in father's arms) Middle: Frederick (Fritz), Wilhelmena holding Eva. Front: Ernest, Gustave. After his wife died, August married Frieda Rosier.
A woman stands holding a horse near a flour mill and windmill shed. August had a saw mill and sawed wood and ground grain for people around the neighborhood. They took wood contracts out with the schools.