This collection contains two boxes of personal correspondence between Mrs. Sumner and mainly her agent, Brandt & Brandt of New York City. However, the majority of the papers consist of first drafts, carbon copies, and final copies of several works written by Cid Ricketts Sumner.

The papers have been arranged in the following manner:

• Box 1, (folders 1–12) Personal Correspondence, A–Hoffman
• Box 2, (folders 13–18), Personal Correspondence, Holmes–Z
• Box 3, (folders 19–27), "Deep Memory," "Julie"
• Box 4, (folders 28–36), "Julie," "One Life is Enough"
• Box 5, (folders 37–44), "One Life is Enough"
• Box 6, (folders 45–53), "Pinkey," "Kate Clopp"
• Box 7, (folders 54–61), "Kate Clopp"
• Box 8, (folders 62–70), "Kate Clopp"
• Box 9, (folders 71–78), "Tammy Tell Me True" (Screen Play), "Tammy"
• Box 10, (folders 79–86), "Tammy"
• Box 11, (folders 87–96), Miscellaneous Prose, Poetry, Short Stories
• Box 12, (folders 97–108), Miscellaneous Prose, Poetry, Short Stories, Broadsides, Newspaper Clippings, Contract
• Box 13, (folders 109–110), Scrapbook, 1951.