The papers include correspondence and memos, press releases, speeches, minutes of meetings, annual reports, various publications such as newsletters and reports, a number of photographs (including photos of a Community Relations Council meeting) and slides (primarily concerning Wake Up, Louisiana's Crime Check program), and several audio tapes. Also included are a number of publications collected by Mrs. Mervis, several folders of unprocessed news or magazine clippings or photocopies (many on the subject of race relations, an unidentified 16mm film, and two unidentified television tapes.