The Collection of Washington Metropolitan Deaf Alliance consists of 6 document boxes for a total of 3 linear feet and approximately 4,800 pages. The materials within the collection range from 1974 to 1985 with the majority of content from 1979-1982.

The bulk and strongest component of the papers are correspondence, proposals, and reports. The WMDA worked closely with organizations in the Metropolitan area such as the Maryland Association of the Deaf and the Northern Virginia Association of the Deaf as well corresponding with Maryland and Virginia County health departments, education departments, and social services. These documents make up the largest portion of the collection.

A relatively weak part of the collection is minutes. Within the collection are minutes from the WMDA Board, general organization, and one of the association’s committees. Although the records for meetings were kept well, the only minutes included are from 1978-1980, covering just a 2-year span of the WMDA’s 8-year history.