The records of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf (NFSD) consist mainly of administrative files, correspondence, division files, financial records, publications, and degree point files.

The collection, which consists of approximately 85,000 pages, dates from 1900 to 2006. Most documents date from one of three eras: prior to 1930s, 1940s, and 1960s-1970s. The majority are part of a degree point system created in 1948. During the 1960s and 1970s, there was heavy correspondence mostly concerned with community services. The principal subjects in the collection are the operation and conventions of the NFSD, meeting minutes, programs related to business meetings and conventions, and a collection of membership cards.