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The Correspondence series comprises of letters, greeting cards, post cards, and emails between Pacosz, her cohorts, and family members. Of particular note are correspondence between Pacosz, her family in Poland, her parents, and her daughter Elena Flathman. The latter two are regarding the birth and adoption of Flathman, as well as Pacosz and Flatman's reunion nearly thirty years after Flathman's birth. Many of Pacosz' writings reflect upon her feelings about her daughters birth and the outcome of their reunion. Later emails revolve around politics, health issues, and grief.

Two other distinctive features of the collection include a large binder of email exchanges between Pacosz and contemporary Iranian poet, translator, and free-lance journalst Farideh Hassanzadeh-Mostafavi and correspondence between Fredy and Lorraine Perlman. Fredy Perlman was an author, publisher, professor, and activist. Both Perlman and his wife Lorraine were founders of Black & Red Press. The folder also contains notes and clippings regarding various works by Pacosz.

The binder containing email correspondence between Pacosz and Mostafavi reflects upon their comraderie, as well as their mutual respect for one another's writings.

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The Creative Works series comprises of both published and unpublished anthologies, manuscripts, and poetry. Of particular note are some of Pacosz' published anthologies including Notes from the Red Zone, Some Winded, Wild Beast, This Is Not a Place to Sing, One River, Greatest Hits 1975 --2001, and In the Outlaw's House. This series also includes poetry readings, visiting artist/poet-in-residence projects, publicity materials, other works, and works published online. The Other Works sub-series includes CDs and DVDs, a bibliography of Pacosz' works as well as those created during her high school and college years. The Works Published Online sub-series includes both print-outs of articles and poems posted online, as well as works available through web sites not maintained by the University of Michigan. Digital object links have been added to this sub-series.