Records highlight the experiences of Allyn and Bacon employees, and include correspondence, meeting minutes, sales manuals, and instances of informal departmental activities including homemade playbills and audio recordings of office productions.

Collection is open for research. The Stock Book in Series II. is closed due to fragility, pending conservation review.

Audio and video recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Digital use copies can only be accessed in the Burns Library Reading Room.