Consists of the correspondence of Fredrik Woods Beckman, chiefly concerned with Beckman's activities in the United World Federalists; a few letters from his son Gunnar and daughter Marit Woods (Beckman) Thomson; and printed materials ranging from 1934 to 1975, many related to the United World Federalists.

The correspondence also includes some periodicals of the Tennessee Voter addressed to his wife, Frieda, who died in 1968 and other materials such as a photograph of a float for UN Day, Oct. 24, 1950; an UWF auto insignia with a letter of Feb. 28, 1953; an early copy of Blueprint for Achievement with the Washington Conference papers of June 18-20, 1954; and some "doodlings" by Beckman in 1955.

Among the many correspondents are the following: Fredrik Woods Beckman, Gunnar Beckman, Marshall Bertram, Cloide Everett Brehm, Herman Haupt Chapman, George William Greene, Philip Gibbon Hammer, Donald Szantho Harrington, Helga Johansson, James Avery Joyce, Estes Kefauver, Rudolph Alvin Light, Edward Winton McVitty, Edbridge Woodman Palmer, Aletta (Stout) Gellaty Root, Helen A. Shuford, Claude Maxwell Stanley, Marit Woods (Beckman) Thorson, Harry S Truman, Theodore Waller, Harold Louis Weissberg, Sydna White. Letters from the several officers of the Tennessee Chapter of the United World Federalists, and Robert Perrigo Conger, Alan Cranston, and Samuel R. Levering, may be found throughout the collection.

Printed matter which ranges from 1934 to 1975 includes a marked copy of Joe Kamp, We Must Abolish America (1950); the writings of Marion (Hazard) Etcheverry McVitty and memorial statements for her and her husband Edward Winton McVitty; sheet music entitled Federal Hymn; the publication series One World Or None; and stamps of the UWF: Help Stamp out War.