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The Correspondence series (2 linear feet; 1875-1948) documents Kellogg's many interests and the operation of the sanitarium. Correspondents in the collection include C. W. Barron, Richard E. Byrd, Mary G. Edison, Irving Fisher, Clara J. Ford, Henry Ford, Margaret LeHand, Ernest G. Liebold, Chase S. Osborn, I. P. Pavlov, Gifford Pinchot, Hazen Pingree, Sir Horace Plunckett, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bernard Shaw, William Howard Taft, Ida Tarbell, Alexandra Tolstoi, Leo Tolstoi, Ilga Tolstoi, and Louis J. Van Shaick.

The Designs series (1.4 linear feet, 1 outsize folder, and 152 MB, 1964-1996) consists of catalogs of Acton's designs, photographs, negatives, and transparencies of Acton's designs, sketches of Acton's designs (in the outsize folder), and design boards (in the outsize folder). This series is broken down by size (standard and outsize), then by type of design (e.g., tables, chairs, desks, etc.) with some of the better-known designs that might be of particular interest to researchers in their own folders (e.g., Acton Stacker, I-Frame System, Acton Sled, etc.). It might also be of note that the sketches found in the outsize folder relate particularly to the furniture that Acton designed for different libraries (e.g., City of Ontario library, California proposed library addition, along with others). Some photographs within this series can be found online. These photographs are of various Acton designs including: check stand, sofas, desktop accessories, desktop planters, paperweight, book display, Acton Stacker, chairs, Costumers, desks, tables, and planters.