The collection contains "Brief Biographical Sketches of Deceased and Retired Faculty, Department of American Thought and Language" by Theodore R. Kennedy. The people included are Paul Bagwell with photograph, Edward Blackman, John Appel, C. Merton Babcock, Kathryn Burns, Lloyd Coburn, Richard Coelho, Albert Cordray, Marilyn Culpepper, Howard Currie, Bernard Engel, Mildred Erickson, Jane Featherstone, Helen Ferle, Thomas Ford, Charles Fulkerson, Perry Giankos, Marjorie Goodell, Benjamin Hickok, Barbara Hurell, Courtney Johnson, Albert Karson, Theodore R. Kennedy, Nora Landmark, Robert Lumianski, Dorothy McDonald, Anne McGurk, Beulah Monahan, Osmond Palmer, William Pipes, Esther Reed, Frederick Reeve with photograph, Ralph Renwick, Daniel Sheehan, Timothy Sherer, Gordon Smith, Robert Starring, Theodore Strandness, Emma Thornton, A.L. Thurman, Mary Tomkins, Arnella Turner, Suzanne Uphaus, Jerry West, Marguerite White, Elinor Winburne, John Winburne, and Robert Wright. There is also correspondence from two faculty containing information for the biographies.

Also included in the collection are materials reflecting Kennedy's work for Michigan Congressman Charles E. Chamberlain. These materials included correspondence, speeches, photographs, newsletters, memos, ephemera and campaign materials.