The Dean of Women records are organized in a single series, Administrative files, and are arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by subject or surname. The records span the entirety of the office's existence. The first two files of the collection contain the oldest materials, primarily copies of reports and newspaper clippings pulled together for Burton Dorr Myer's History of Indiana University. The remainder of the collection contains correspondence spanning the period from 1917 to 1951. The small amount of later Mueller correspondence covers the time when the Dean of Women's Office had already been dissolved, and she was serving as the Assistant Dean of Students.

Some correspondence topics include housing, war preparations & organizations, scholarships, and student affairs, particularly as they related to the coeds. A number of folders in the collection are restricted due to the nature of the records. These folders are indicated and are placed at the end of the collection.

In 2011, form letters and annual reports spanning 1923-1938 were discovered. Rather than interfiling them throughout the boxes, these were inserted at the end of the collection in Box 20.