The Ehrmann mss., 1899-1926, consists of letters to Max Ehrmann, 1872-1945, author, from Eugene Victor Debs, Frank Harris and Upton Beall Sinclair, and Mrs. A. Schember.
The Sinclair mss. IV, 1900-1963, consists of correspondence, writings, and monetary statements of author Upton Beall Sinclair, 1878-1968, and of his wife, Mary Craig (Kimbrough) Sinclair, 1883-1961.
The Sinclair mss. V, 1902, consists of the application of novelist Upton Beall Sinclair, 1878-1968, for a fellowship in the Graduate School of Harvard University for the year 1902-1903.
The Howatt mss., 1902-1959, consist in the main of letters to David Howatt, 1882-1964 , farmer and secretary of Upton Beall Sinclair, from writers Harry Kemp, Upton Beall Sinclair, and William James Durant.
The Stokes mss., 1905-1906, consist primarily of letters from Upton Beall Sinclair, 1878-1968, novelist, to James Graham Phelps Stokes, 1872-1960, regarding the activities of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society.
This collection consists of articles written by Upton Sinclair between the years 1905 and 1929, published in various magazines, newspapers, and journals.