The collection is arranged in two series: the American Bar Association and Personal Papers. Items within each series are arranged alphabetically and contain material on various subjects including the American Bar Association, American Bar Endowment, American Bar Foundation, Permanent Administrative Council of the Greater New York Hospital Association, the University of Iowa Alumni Association, the Harvard Centurions, the Walsh family of Dubuque and Clinton, Iowa, and the Wendell Willkie campaign. Major correspondents include Howard P. Bowen, Willard L. Boyd, Warren E. Burger, Virgil M. Hancher, Alf Landon, Alfred E. Smith, Francis Cardinal Spellman, and Wendell L. Willkie.