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The final subseries, Scrapbooks and Photo Albums, contains disbound scrapbook pages from 1900 to 1988. The early scrapbooks, from 1900 to 1927, include ephemera from the school and social lives of both Esther Delzell and Samuel Brownell. From 1927 to 1988, the main emphasis of the scrapbooks becomes Samuel Brownell's career as an educator and administrator, although they also contain photographs and ephemera relating the Brownell family and their friends. The items in the scrapbooks that document Brownell's career include letters received by and copies of letters sent by Brownell; newsletters, brochures, and programs; photographs of Brownell attending conferences, graduation ceremonies, and other events; newspaper clippings about Brownell; clippings of the "Report Card," a Detroit Free Press column written by Brownell in 1961-1962; clippings about Herbert Brownell's political career; and various invitations and ephemera.

The Scrapbooks and Photo Albums subseries also includes a disbound photo album entitled "The Schools that Sam Built," showing images of elementary, middle, and high school buildings in the Detroit Public School system; a packet of reports and agendas from a meeting of the Inter-American Ministers of Education, held in Lima, Peru in 1956; a scrapbook from a trip taken by the wives of Eisenhower administration Cabinet members in 1956 (this trip included the Brownells' sister-in-law, Doris Brownell); and photos from the dedication of a portrait of Brownell at Southern Connecticut State College in 1974.

The travel scrapbooks are well annotated, and include photos, postcards, maps, and ephemera documenting the family's travels around North American and abroad. This subseries also includes disbound photo albums and commemorative volumes related to Brownell's roles as school superintendent, Commissioner of Education, and educational consultant.