The bulk of the materials in this collection relate to operations of the Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf including, but not limited to: meeting minutes, annual reports, and publications. Also included are records from the Pennsylvania Home for the Aged and Infirm Deaf, assorted photos, local chapter records, and program books.

The dates of the records range from the founding of the organization to 2005, and are fairly comprehensive of operations at the state organization level. However, the records of local chapters are sparse.