Items in the Research and Writing series (1983-2011; 10 linear feet and 1.15 MB) concern Walton's work as a scholar. The majority of the materials are drawn from his research after joining the University of Michigan in 1992. The series is arranged into four subseries: Correspondence, Academic and Professinal Writing, Research, and Reviews.
Researchers will find drafts of Walton's published works, dated between 1991 and 2011, within the Personal Writings subseries.
The Research subseries contains the materials that Walton used in his own studies and writing. Materials in the Research subseries date between 1983 and 2008. Notably, the subseries contains audio recordings of oral histories and interviews with twenty-five African American politicians, recorded in 1985-1990.
The Memorials series (2015, 976.3 MB) includes video footage of tributes to Hanes Walton initiated by his colleagues at the University of Michigan, including the 2015 memorial lecture held in his name by the Department of Political Science.