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The Desegregation Assistance Center (DAC) (3.3 linear feet) is the largest series in the accession and spans 1972-1993. It contains grant proposals and correspondence regarding the efforts of PEO to facilitate race desegregation. This series contains material relating to the central functioning of the center including correspondence with the U.S. Department of Education. Materials detailing services to individual school districts are arranged alphabetically in the Public Schools series. The DAC is sometimes referred to as a Race Desegregation Assistance Center and other times as a General Desegregation Assistance Center. Material relating to sex desegregation are in the Center for Sex Equity in Schools series.

Public Schools (2 linear ft) is a large series which spans the years 1976-1990. The series contains information on the assistance provided to school districts mostly in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. The series contains material regarding both the CSES and the race desegregation efforts of PEO. Some school districts participated in both programs while others participated in just one or the other. The series consists largely of year end reports and some correspondence.