The collection consists of writings, correspondence, production files, photographs, slides, interviews, audiovisual materials, printed materials, teaching files, artwork, props, masks, musical instruments, and other papers documenting the work of Joanne Pottlitzer and Theater of Latin America. The papers document Pottlitzer's collaborations with Augusto Boal, Leonora Carrington, Griselda Gambaro, Gilberto Gil, Juan José Gurrola, Victor Jara, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Lotty Rosenfeld, José Triana, Mario Vargas Llosa, and other artists. The archive also includes printed materials and other papers relating to Chilean president Salvador Allende Gossens.