Associations for Education of the Deaf consists of letters, articles, newsletters, financial reports, minutes, constitution and by-laws, memorandums, program books, reports and brochures. The collection, which consists of approximately 26,350 pages, dates from 1937 to 1987. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence related to the captioned films and captioning issues. Also included in the collection is about educational films for the deaf. There are correspondence and information on legislation related to the education of the deaf. Included in the collection is correspondence with various deaf organizations. There is some interesting information on technology for the deaf.

The largest subject in the collection is focused on the captioning issues and also on education of the deaf. There is a large collection on Special Materials Project (SMP) which was a contract funded by the Office of Special Education, Department of Education. This project incorporates the program of distribution of captioned films for the deaf with responsibility for distribution of certain materials collections to other special education populations.