Papers consist largely of Allen's professional correspondence and his work in the field of ornithology.

Field notes and research files relating to her graduate work on starlings, with some correspondence with Arthur A. Allen on her publications and the building of Cornell's Laboratory of Ornithology.

Memorabilia includes photograph album with snapshots of campus, Sage College, roommates, and classmates; room and board receipts; china plate with Cornell seal; china plate with scene of the College of Agriculture buildings; Edna Peck's Field Note-Book of Birds (by A. H. Wright and A. A. Allen); and two Cornell pennants.

Two printed looseleaf volumes, "Field Book of Nature Study with Classroom Outline and Helps" by Ephraim L. Palmer, and "General Ornithology Laboratory Notebook" by Arthur A. Allen, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and Miles D. Pirnie, with notations, identifications of birds, and observation data by Miss Davidson.

Letters written to friends and family about classes, social life, and other experiences at Cornell University; Nature Notebook, Spring 1951; Conservation 9 Notes from a class given by Arthur A. Allen, Spring 1951; and printed Ornithology Laboratory Notebook, by Allen, annotated by Janet Hamber.

Correspondence primarily with Arthur A. Allen relating to Stuart's interest in ornithology, especially bird photography, including letters relating to the Life Magazine photo-essay contest; correspondence with Allen, Gustav Swanson, and others relating to the Laboratory of Ornithology Council, to Lab operations, funding, and publishing projects; Council minutes; and correspondence with Peter Paul Kellogg about bird recordings published by the Lab.

Student scrapbook with programs, menus, greeting cards and other memorabilia; "General Ornithology Laboratory Notebook" by Arthur A. Allen, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and Miles D. Pirnie, with notations, identifications of birds, and observation data by Marie Froehlich; diplomas; and letters from students whose work she supported. Also, family photograph album, with identification of some images; 90th birthday celebration album, 2002; and program for a celebration of her life, 2006.

Letters, manuscripts, field journals, field notes, and photographs, all concerning Robert Anthony Johnson's work as an ornithologist. Includes a notebook used while taking a class with Arthur Allen.

Correspondence, mainly consisting of letters addressed to Professor Clive McCay, in response to his call for information from retired faculty about their activities and achievements since they retired. Correspondents include Arthur A. Allen, Ralph W. Curtis, Arthur J. Eames, Ralph Sheldon Hosmer, O.D. von Engeln, and Albert Hazen Wright, among others.