The Norbert (Norb) Tatro Papers date from 1978-2016 and are organized into seven series: Awards, Clippings, Photographs, Press Passes, Specials, Travel, Reporter's Notebooks, and Audiovisual. The bulk of the collection documents Norbert Tatro's career as a producer for both local and national news networks.

The Awards series (1985) is comprised of a National News and Documentary Emmy Award honoring Norbert Tatro for his work in producing "The Photographer" (NBC Nightly News).

The Clippings series (2016) includes the news article, "His Life as a Journalist," from the Globe Gazette. The article discusses Nobert Tatro's interests in journalism and his beginning career as a producer.

The Photographs series (undated) includes photographs of Nobert Tatro's work life and travels.

The Press Passes series (1982-1983) includes several press passes and badges from Tatro's travels within both the United States and abroad.

The Specials series (1978-1990) includes scripts, notes, interviews, and resources used for television specials produced by Norbert Tatro. These specials span several topics and titles. The series include six subseries: Aviation (1988-1990); Climate (1978-1979); The Crash of Flight 191 (1979); Judges/Politics (1979); O'Hare Security (1979); and Shift Workers (1990). The Aviation subseries includes scripts and supplemental resources for the segments: Flying on the Edge (1988); O'Hare Security (1989); Danger in the Cockpit (1989); and Bottle to Throttle (1990). The Climate subseries includes scripts and supplemental resources to the news segments: Climate (1979); Boonies Aerials (1979), and Medley Appoint (1979).

The Travel series (1980-1987) includes mostly expense reports from Nobert Tatro's work travel for NBC.

The Reporter's Notebooks series (1983-1988) are organized by year and contain references, interview responses, and general notes from news segments for NBC.

The Audiovisual series (1980-1986) contains news segments produced by Norbert Tatro in videocassette format. Most segments are produced for NBC Nightly News.