The Depréaux mss., circa 1940–2004, consists primarily of a diary written by Marie Louise (Brent) Depréaux in Paris during the German occupation. The diary is written in the form of a letter to her two sisters and describes in some detail the living conditions in Paris from 1940 until the city's liberation in 1944. Following the War Marie Louise continued to study sculpture, met and married Albert Depréaux, and the two of them went to live in the Fondation Thiers in on the Rue Bugeaud, Paris. It is from this location that she writes the diary. Accompanying the manuscript are two photographs dating from around the time of the diary. They show the garden described in Depréaux's journal and an interior shot of her at a writing desk.

Also present are a faded photograph of Marie Louise taken in Paris in 1956 when her cousin Carol Tomasic was visiting her there and a computer disk: "Madame Depréaux's Diary, Paris 1940–1944, edited by Emily Macomber and Carol Tomasic." Emily Macomber's introduction and Carol Tomasic's post script, both written in 2004, have been printed out and are in the folder with the disk.