The Ottokar Malek family papers consist mainly of scrapbooks with newspaper clippings and concert programs highlighting the music career of Ottokar Malek and material related to the Malek School of Music dating from the late 1880s through the mid-1930s. A program from the first concert given by the Grand Rapids Civic Orchestra can be found in the collection along with one from the memorial concert performed for Malek after his death. In addition to scrapbooks, these papers include family photographs and documents such as birth and baptismal certificates. Notable is a photo album given to Anita Malek by her mother that includes well identified photographs of many family members and the homes they lived in, including the Sweet House.