The Jim Daniels papers (approximately 1976-2015) contain correspondence, clippings, audiovisual material, reviews, promotional material, drafts and published versions of his poetry, prose, and screenplays and journals he edited and contributed to, documenting his professional and artistic work.

The collection consists primarily of correspondence to and from the editor of the Screen Door Review, Richard L. Neva, from 1973-1980. The Screen Door Review was a small poetry publication of the 1970s in Michigan. Many of the correspondents are poets featured in that publication. There is also correspondence from scholarly institutions and other publications, as well as poetry and some photographic material.