The materials consist of printed materials and ephemera documenting activities of the Women's Community Center.

Collection consists of records regarding the administrative affairs of the Institute and its programs such as conferences, classes, lectures (especially the Jing Lyman Lecture Series), and publications. Correspondence files of the Directors of the Institute include those of Iris F. Litt, M.D., Barbara Gelpi, Laura Carstensen, and Ineko Tsuchida. Also included are over 800 audiocassettes of seminars, talks, conferences, and lectures, 1973-2004.

The records include minutes, by-laws, financial records, annual reports, correspondence files, clippings, information booklets, and several publications sponsored by the Club.

These records were generated by the Academic Council, the Faculty Senate, the Academic Secretary, and various committees and task forces. They include minutes, memoranda, correspondence, reports, election records, agendas and supporting documents, rosters, memorial resolutions on deceased members, and audiotapes of meetings. The collection also includes minutes from faculty meetings prior to the creation of the Academic Council, 1891-1904. Some of the issues addressed by the committees include admissions, academic freedom, athletics, undergraduate education, foreign studies programs, graduate studies, public health, education and employment of women in the University, student government, and student political activities.