The Academic series contains audiovisual materials pertaining to class lectures, presentations, and field studies. The Lectures and Interviews series contain public addresses, lectures, and debates.

The Alumni series contains materials related to classes, reunions, and general alumni activities such as class/alumni trips. The Alumni series is arranged into two subseries: General and Reunions.

The Campus Life series contains audiovisual materials pertaining to student life on campus. The series is arranged into three subseries: Social Life, Athletics, and War/Military.

The Events series contains audiovisual materials pertaining to events held on campus, to include celebrations/dedications, theatrical performances, and conferences. Series also contains newsreels and documentary materials related to campus events. The Events series is arranged into five subseries: Conferences/meetings, Celebrations/Dedications, Documentaries/Entertainment, Judicial hearings, and Theater.

The Music series is composed of record albums and magnetic tapes of performances by the Nassoons, the Princeton Tigertones, Tigertown Five, The Triangle Club Jazz Band, undergraduate and graduate composers, the Princeton University Orchestra, Glee Club, Chapel Choir, and the Smith-Princeton Chamber Chorus, among others.

This series contains audiovisual material labeled newsreels.

The Public Talks series contains audiovisual materials pertaining to public addresses, debates, lectures, and interviews on the topics of health, politics, art, and archaeology, to name but some. The Gauss Seminars and Colloquiums focus on literary critique. Series is arranged into two subseries: Addresses/Debates and Interviews.

The Unidentified/Unknown Content series contains audiovisual materials of unknown content.

This series contains paper programs and notes that correspond with items in the Historical Audiovisual Collection.

The Correspondence series documents Martindell's personal as well as professional life. The series contains family letters as well as those relating to her time in the New Jersey State Senate, State Department, and time as ambassador. There are also letters regarding her activities in New Jersey politics and as an early backer of Jimmy Carter, the head of the Women's Division of the Democratic Party, and an influential financer of campaigns. Many of the letters contain information about both her personal life and her career and political activities. Of special note are folders of letters from Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, and Frank Thompson. Additionally there are letters from Bill Bradley, Brendan T. Byrne, Robert Torricelli, Ronald Reagan, and Gary Hart.

The Memoirs series consists of Martindell's source material, notes, and drafts relating to the unpublished autobiography that she wrote in the late 1990s. These documents were moved by Martindell, during the writing process, to their present arrangement from elsewhere within her own files. Materials range from family information from the late 19th century to records documenting Martindell's political activities in the late 1980s. This series is divided into two subseries: Chapter Files and Subject Files

The Subject Files series is primarily composed of documents relating to Martindell's personal activities and is arranged alphabetically. Included are materials detailing Martindell's education, from high school to a course taken at Princeton University in 1999, as well as correspondence and Freedom of Information Act requests regarding Federal Bureau of Investigation documents pertaining to Martindell, and a draft of a New Jersey legislature resolution regarding impeachment of Richard Nixon. There is also a scrapbook from a trip taken by Martindell in 1923. Materials include school records, correspondence, clippings, and notebooks.

The Photograph series contains photographs, arranged alphabetically by subject, from Martindell's personal and professional lives. Included are photographs of Martindell with Jimmy Carter and George McGovern and from Martindell's state senate campaign, as well as publicity shots and photographs of her various travels. Researchers should note that a small number of photographs are available in the Memoirs series.

Series 1, Biographical Data, 1865-1961, contains personal information regarding Corwin's retirement, finances, and appointments, honors and awards. This series also contains bibliographies listing Corwin's works.

Series 2, Personal Correspondence, 1899-1961, contains personal correspondence between Corwin and family members, including his mother, sister, and stepfather. There are also personal letters from his wife.