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The collection contains the professional papers of Marie Ferguson Peters, the first African American Professor at the University (Home Economics, 1963), and her husband, psychologist James S. Peters II. Drafts and proofs of Dr. James Peters' work is also included in the collection.

Marie Lawson, resident of Westport, Connecticut, was an author and illustrator of books for young people. The collection contains research notes, drafts, dummies, and illustrations for her Strange Sea Stories and a number of apparently unpublished works.

The collection contains the papers of Marilyn Nelson, award-winng author or translator of more than 20 books and chapbooks for adults and children. A three-time finalist for the National Book Award, Marilyn Nelson has been honored with fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts; the Connecticut Arts Award; the Department of the Army's Commander's Award for Public Service; and the Frost Medal, the Poetry Society of America's award for "distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry." She currently serves as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and is Poet-in-Residence of The Poets Corner at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. A professor emerita of English at the University of Connecticut, Marilyn was Poet Laureate of Connecticut, 2001– 2006, and founding director of Soul Mountain Retreat, a writers' colony, 2004-2010.

Marilyn P.A. Seichter (1945-2002), the first woman to graduate from the University of Connecticut School of Law, specialized in the fields of women's rights and family law. She served as the first women president of the Connecticut Bar Association among other posts.

The collection contains ephemera, correspondence, published materials associated with Connecticut Democratic politics collected by Marion Hoffman.

Marion Toms was a life long resident of East Hartford, Connecticut. The collection contains personal and family materials dated 1911-1985.

The personal papers of the Oswald Marrin family. Materials include documents relating to the Litchfield County Hounds and Spring Hill School Reunion (1991). Also included are contracts and correspondence related to construction projects and incorporation documentation of the Litchfield Water Company (1889-1965), notes taken during talks on lace (1913), photographs, a playbill related to the Litchfield Summer Theater, and lace patterns.

The Martha Alexander Papers consist of the manuscripts, dummies, and proofs for a significant number of her published works, in addition to two boxes of her books.

Martha Hewitt was the wife of Dr. Harold Hewitt. Dr. Hewitt was a professor of chemistry and Dean of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Connecticut from 1947 until his retirement in February 1972. The collection contains a small amount of correspondence from Martha Hewitt to her family while traveling in Europe, documentation for her application to the DAR and other random personal papers. The majority of the photographs are of Mrs. Hewitt's family, although there are some of Dr. Hewitt.