The collection is organized into five series: Research, Professional/academic activities, Personal, Correspondence, and Photographs.

The Research (1863-2012) series is divided into five sub-series. The first, Legends and the Supernatural/Paranormal (1890-2012), documents Degh's research into urban legends and supernatural/paranormal phenomena. The materials include news clippings, collected legends, handwritten notes and various other textual documents. The second, Halloween (1968-2008), documents her research into Halloween traditions, legends, and lore. The third, Hungarian, East European and immigrant folklore and ethnography (1915-2001), documents her research and ethnographic work with Hungarian and other Eastern European communities, both in Europe and North America. This sub-series, besides collected research, includes notes from field work. The fourth sub-series, Folklore: General (1863-2012), documents her research into other aspects of folklore. The fifth sub-series, Field Recordings (1955-1998), is a collection of recordings of Dr. Dégh's field work, mostly interviews she conducted with informants. All AV materials have been separated from the paper materials but are organized under the Field Recordings sub-series. The audio materials from this collection are being digitized as of October 2024. Descriptive details will be added at a later date.

The Professional and Academic Activities (1939-2011) series contains seven sub-series. The first, Teaching (1939-1996), includes documents related to Dr. Dégh's work as an instructor and includes student work, syllabi, lecture notes and reading lists. The second is Publications (1951-2006) and relates to Dégh's published works. The third is Conferences and Lectures (1964-2008), and documents talks, conference presentations and guest lectures Dégh gave throughout her career. The fourth is American Folklore Society and Journal of American Folklore (1965-2005), which contains documents related to her activity as a member of the American Folklore Society. The fifth, IU Folklore Department/ Hoosier Folklore Society (1968-2011), contains documents related to departmental and local folklore activities that Dégh was involved with. The sixth, Grants and Fulbrights (1970-1999), documents research grants that Dégh applied for as well as her Fulbright scholarships. The last, General (1948-2017), documents other academic and professional activities Dégh was involved with, such as interviews, book and article reviews, recommendations, activities in various professional organizations and collaborations with other scholars.

The Personal (1970-2006) series contains materials related to conferral of her doctorate, retirement of Dégh's husband, Dégh's dogs, greeting cards as well as a T-Shirt commemorating Linda Dégh.

The Correspondence (1909-2013) series contains letters and emails. The files are arranged alphabetically by last name.

The Photographs series is a collection of photographs related to Dégh's research and her personal life. The photographs have been separated from the paper materials and are housed with the Archives photo collection. Contact the Archives Photograph Curator for further information.