The collection consists of 28 series: Bibliographies, Books, Booklets, Bulletins, Certificates, Charts, Contracts, Correspondence, Government Documents, Journals, Magazine Articles, Manuals, Minutes, Newsletters, News Releases, Newspaper Clippings, Notes, Pamphlets, Papers, Policies, Plays, Reports, Statistics, Subject Notes, Photographs, Worksheets and Scrapbooks.

Books, booklets, bulletins, charts, government documents, journals, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, notes, pamphlets, papers, plays and subject notes pertain to subjects or issues that relate to public health, social work and welfare. Some of the most noted subjects and issues include: alcoholism, arthritis, birth defects, cancer, child development child abuse, civil defense, civil rights, delinquency, divorce, drug addiction, epilepsy, syphilis, heart disease, measles, muscular dystrophy, poverty, scabies, swine flu and tuberculosis.