Fonds consists of records pertaining primarily to the professional activities of Elisabeth Mann Borgese, focusing on major organizations and projects with which she was affiliated from the beginning of her North American career in the 1940s. The collection includes correspondence, publications and drafts, administrative records, conference materials, sound and video recordings, research materials, photographs, and other materials.

Fonds consists of materials related to the publication of the poetry periodical Germination. It includes manuscripts and proofs, editorial drafts, correspondence, sales and business records, and promotional materials.