The bulk of this collection consists of Correspondence, alphabetized by name, from Goodspeed's directorship of the Botanical Gardens at the University of California, Berkeley. Additionally, the collection contains drafts and reprints of published articles, documents from various expeditions, and personal items such as tax returns and class notes. There are also 14 film canisters. The collection was primarily received from the then curator of the Berkeley gardens, Bruce Bartholomew, in 1974. Additional materials which were received from P. C. Hutchison in 1971 were later added to this collection from a previously separate accesion.