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The Performances series includes performance programs, itineraries, correspondence sent or received at the time of the performance or about the performance itself, newspaper articles and reviews of the performance, performance contracts, as well as scattered photographs. Additionally, at the beginning of each year is a folder containing calendars and planners kept by Bolcom and Morris during that year. At the end of each year (up to 1998), there are one or more folder(s) containing financial information about performances given that year, including expenses, earnings received, and often additional performance information arranged by the performance date. Of note within this series is the inclusion of the script and music written by Bolcom for Casino Paradise, performed June 7-21, 1992, as well as an audiocassette of a concert performed February 23/24/25, 1996.

Also found within the series are digital documents of Bolcom's and Morris's discography and performance listing as of 2018.

The Personal series (ca. 1910-2011, 0.7 linear feet) includes a wide variety of materials. Family financial and military records, as well as photographs and correspondence provide insight into the experiences and struggles faced by generations of Allen's family as African Americans living in the southern United States striving toward the middle class. This series also includes Allen's personal writings and other records which document her experience with PTSD. Digital video content illustrating Allen's experience as an Army nurse in Vietnam and the effects of her exposure to Agent Orange are also present in this series. Videos are accessible online in the Bentley Library only by following the links in this finding aid.

The Personal series (2.2 linear feet, 1 oversize box, and digital files; 1922-2012) contains information about Stanford Ovshinsky's life outside of work. This includes a wide variety of documents, beginning with his birth certificate, high school materials, and photographs from his childhood and marriage to his first wife Norma. A copy of Ovshinsky's FBI file, which he requested through the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act (FOIPA), is also available in this section, along with documents and correspondence demonstrating his political leanings and involvement. Family communication and financial records, a love letter from Iris Ovshinsky and the couple's marriage certificate, a book of remembrances from Ovshinsky's 80th birthday, his early efforts at poetry, selected excerpts from works about Ovshinsky's life, and his autobiographical drafts also appear in this series.

The Personal series (0.1 linear feet, 57.4 MB) contains various items relating to Hugh Acton as a designer including: magazine and newspaper articles written about Acton, Acton's self-written personal histories and resumes, product lists of Acton's works, photographs of Acton, a photograph of Acton's work studio, and legal documents concerning the Acton Stacker. The collection also includes the video featuring Acton, "Time With an Artist", produced by the Nora Modern furniture company in 2014.

The Personal and Biographical series (2.5 linear feet, including audio-visual materials, 4.78 GB online, and 1 oversize folder, 1932-2012), is divided into four subseries: Collected Personal Material; University of Michigan Law School; News Media; and Audio-Visual Material. Most of the folders in this series, including some containing correspondence, were placed into this category by Judge Kennedy.

Biographical/Personal (0.1 linear feet) is a small series drawn from different parts of the collection containing summary information about Kellogg's life as well as some of the awards he received throughout his career.

The Personal files series (0.6 linear feet, 1948-2015 with gaps) consists of two groupings: Childhood and High School. The Childhood group includes photographs, correspondence, an ephemera collection of monster movie ads, diaries, and samples of Ovshinsky's earliest writing and first newsletters. The High School group contains memorabilia from Ovshinsky's high school years, including photographs, personal writings, an independent literary magazine, and yearbooks. Folders in this series include Ovshinsky's own reflections on his childhood and adolescence. The series also contains Ovshinsky's preface to the collection, contained in a file labeled "Inventory and backstories." This file provides Ovshinsky's description of the contents of the collection and a detailed account of his life experiences from his perspective in 2015. However, although the order of materials remains the same, the box numbers indicated in Ovshinsky's description are obsolete; please refer to the contents list below to locate files.