The collection covers the years 1896-1959, and is currently divided into numerous series by type of document or activity. Within the series are documents from the Grand Rapids Federation of Women's Clubs, the Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs (MSFWC), the General Federation of Women's Clubs GFWC) and the GRFWC's affiliated clubs. A majority of the collection includes correspondence, minutes, financial-related material and yearbooks.

The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial-related papers and yearbooks from the 1920s-1950s. The 1904-1905 yearbook lists the following clubs: Ladies' Literary Club, Alsbicc, West Side Ladies' Literary Club, Grand Rapids Women's Club, Igdrasil Club, East Side Ladies' Literary Club, North End Women's Club, Equity Club, Eaglesfield Literary Club, Belding Women's club, Four-Time-Four Literary Club, Froebel Club, Mutual Improvement Club, Ladies Literary Society of Ada, Valley City Club, Wednesday Women's Club, Burton Heights Literary Club and the Civic League. Additional women's clubs were also part of the Federation during different time periods, or existed outside of the Federation.