The Collection consists of 15 document boxes and 4 oversize boxes-approximately 9 linear feet and 6,800 pages-containing material dating from 1935 to 1972. Documents contained within the Collection include agendas from AAAD Board of Directors’ Meetings and the annual basketball tournament Executive Committee, autobiographies of the 1965 Tenth World Games for the Deaf Organizing Committee, correspondence, lists containing the participating nations and the sports those nations would be participating in for the 1965 World Games, minutes, manuscripts regarding the deaf in the United States that were used in the 1965 World Games Souvenir Book and press releases, news clippings from the time of the Games, newsletters, programs, reports from each division of the Games committee, statistics, photographs from the opening ceremonies parade of nations, photographs taken during sports competitions, photographs of social events at the time of the 1965 Games, and objects from various participating countries given to the AAAD as gifts.

The majority of content and strongest portion of the Collection is the correspondence series, which are organized by date. One folder contains correspondence either without a date or without a specific date (i.e. “Monday”) and are located in the folder “Correspondence – No Date.” These documents are listed alphabetically based on who the letter was sent to. The bulk of material is from 1962 to 1965.

Another significant portion of the Collection includes reports from the 1965 World Games for the Deaf Committee which details the progression of the Games. Of particular note are the reports from the Team Director, Art Kruger, which details the selection of the United States team.

The weakest portion of the collection is memorandums since most correspondence between the Committee members are in the form of letters-the Committee members worked out of their respective office which were spread throughout the country-and are therefore filed under “correspondence.”