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The series contains files related to the production of publications issued by the press, including correspondence, notes, original artwork, paper samples, dummies, mechanicals, and proofs. As the projects were primarily of Cary's own creation few of the files contain correspondence, but there are exceptions. Two such publications are (41) Mademoiselle from Armentieres, vol. II, and (47) Estivation of Two Mao Tzu which both have correspondence and research materials. The first contains versions of the songs Cary collected from veterans and others, correspondence with Robert Winslow Gordon of the Library of Congress Music Division's Archive of Folk Song, and an article Cary published in the Journal of American Folklore 47 (1934); the second has correspondence with scholar Chi-Chen Wang and with Carroll T. Harris, Cary's typesetter for the book. Many of the files hold original drawings used for illustrations, particularly the work of Alban Butler Jr., and the files for (37) Some Thoughts on the Ornamented Mss. of the Middle Ages contain multiple photographs by Arnold Genthe of the Kelmscott/Goudy Press (Albion No. 6551) plus Warren Chappell's drawing after one of those images.