Series 1: Personal Papers, 1955-2020s (Boxes 1-3)
Series 2: Family Papers and New Philadelphia Association Records, circa 1820s-2025 (Boxes 4-16)
Series 3: The Poor People’s Campaign Photographs by Chester Sheard (Poor People’s March), 1968 (Boxes 17-18)
Series 4: Black Studies, 1941-2020s (Boxes 19-48)
Series 5: African Liberation, 1948-2021 (Boxes 49-68)
Series 6: Peoples College (PC), circa 1950-2017 (Boxes 69-91)
Series 7: International Bookfairs, 1969-2023 (Boxes 92-94)
Series 8: Leadership in Other Groups/Parties, 1963-2023 (Boxes 95-106)
Series 9: Notebooks & Calendars, 1950s-2020s (Boxes 107-109)
Series 10: Correspondence, 1964-2018 (Boxes 110-114)
Series 11: Talks, Publications, and Publicity, 1960-2026 (Boxes 115-125)
Series 12: Volumes of Copied Records, Talks, and Writings, 1961-2017 (Boxes 126-133)
Series 13: Subject Files and Literature, 1848-2018 (Boxes 134-144)
Series 14: Black Liberation Movement (BLM) Grey Literature and Ephemera, 1960-2025 (Boxes 145-148)
Series 15: New Communism Movement Grey Literature and Ephemera, 1944-2014 (Boxes 149-159)
Series 16: Artifacts, Images, Buttons, Posters, and Calendars, 1955-2026 (Boxes 160-164)