Consists of articles, speeches, and letters to editors, 1949 to 1970s. Includes a brief auto-biographical sketch and address books maintained by William Glenn during the 1970s and 1980s. Also contains correspondence, 1947-1983, primarily related to Glenn's activities as an activist for senior citizens and housing, with a limited amount of personal correspondences from friends; Virginia Glenn's correspondence and membership lists related to the Michigan State Association of Colored Women's Clubs; the fifth grade notebooks of Glenn, which contains poems, favorite quotes, and short essays. Also includes essays and papers from Glenn's English 102 class at Grand Rapids Junior College; awards, letterheads from various groups and organizations with which Glenn was associated, and election flyers of both William and Virginia Glenn. And has records of William and Virginia Glenn's rental properties on Prospect and Jefferson streets in Grand Rapids. Arranged alphabetically.