This collection covers two main areas: CISS administration and the World Games for the Deaf.

The bulk of this collection is from the mid-1960s to the late 1990s, roughly concurrent with the terms of presidents Pierre Bernhard, Jerald M. Jordan, and John M. Lovett and secretary-general Knud Søndergaard. It is divided into 22 series. The largest series covers CISS’s official correspondence, particularly correspondence between Mr. Søndergaard’s office and the various CISS member federations and nations.

The collection also has extensive material related to all CISS congresses between 1924 and 1999, including complete minutes and other supporting material. It also includes multiple copies of CISS’s most important publications for members, including editions of the CISS Handbook from 1924 to 2001 and a complete run of the CISS Bulletin from 1973 to 2000.

The records include material on the various national deaf sports federations that joined, or tried to join, CISS, including their officers, contact information, and the sports they engaged in. Also included is CISS documentation for world, European, and country records, as well as documentation for sporting events that were authorized by CISS. Most of the material related to the World Games for the Deaf consists of programs, entry forms for national teams and individual athletes, and scoresheets and tables of results, as well as officially published retrospective handbooks from the World Games. The collection also contains medals and winners’ diplomas from various World Games. Records are more complete for the summer World Games; material is also available for the winter World Games, but tends to be more fragmentary.