The collection consists of:

“Harvard’s View of the Controversy over the Arnold Arboretum” (1954, 13 printed pages, two copies), a statement prepared by Dean McGeorge Bundy.

“The Harvard Corporation and the Arnold Arboretum” (1957, 5 printed pages, two copies), a talk by William L. Marbury.

“A Memorandum About the Arnold Arboretum” (1957, 8 typescript pages [copy]), author unknown.

Copy of the typed manuscript of the final decision (of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts?) in the controversy (1966, 40 pages). Both the majority and minority decisions are included; the majority found for the Corporation.