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This series contains the records of Arboretum land acquisition and use. This includes correspondence, deeds, and maps, lists of flora and fauna, and financial records. Of particular interest are the original landscape plan and map developed by A.F. Brinckerhoff between 1931 and 1936. This series is divided into four subseries: Land tract records, Maps and plans, Gardens and plant lists, and General. Subseries A is organized by tract number then by date.

This series contains the Connecticut College Arboretum publications. This includes seventy years of the Bulletin, the Connecticut Notable Trees project, guides to notable flora and fauna, and program brochures from 1990 to 2005. This series is divided into three subseries: Bulletins, Guides and brochures and newsletter and books. Subseries A is organized chronologically.

This series contains film, photographs, negatives, slides, and reel-to reel tape documenting the arboretum, staff, faculty and students and other natural areas in Connecticut. Also documented well is the effects of the 1938 hurricane on the campus and New London. This series contains some digital material; please consult archivist for access. See also Campus Photograph Collection, Arboretum series.

This series contains notes, clippings, drafts, speeches, outlines, maps, correspondence, for writing and speeches regarding the Arboretum produced by Goodwin. This series primarily contains drafts of writing and speeches; and notes and research on the significant families who owned tracts of land that became part of the arboretum. Much of the notes are undated, but contain genealogical trees and lists of dates of ownership. Of particular interest, are maps which capture the development of the Arboretum. See Series II, Land records, for related material on arboretum land holdings; and Series IV Arboretum publications, sub series A for publications on the history of the Arboretum.

Organized alphabetically by author.

Press coverage of Arboretum programs, publications, and land acquisition efforts, as well as Arboretum and Connecticut College-issued press releases.