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The Correspondence series consists of personal correspondence, dating from 1930 to 1964, organized chronologically, with undated and a few topical files following the main order. The majority of the correspondence is with people interested in folklore, but the series also includes correspondence with Alan Lomax at the Library of Congress and with Stith Thompson, professor of English and folklore at Indiana University.

Michigan Folklore Society comprises correspondence from 1937 to 1965, organized chronologically, and membership lists, minutes, and published articles. (The Society was called Michigan Folklore Group prior to 1942.)

Field Notes and Logs includes field notes describing trips in the Great Lakes region from 1932 to 1941; transcripts of interviews conducted in 1941; and a diary of a yacht trip dated 1941.