SERIES 1: PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE includes personal correspondence relating to Debevoise' return to the US after his resignation from HICOG, requests for State Department reimbursement for moving expenses, as well as other correspondence, not directly related to any of EWD's offices or roles. Official correspondence can be found in series 2 and 3.

SERIES 2: HICOG-OGC ADMINISTRATIVE FILES details EWD's appointments and activities during his tenure as Deputy General Counsel. Includes personnel changes in the office hierarchy, some correspondence, memoranda and one court case.

SERIES 3: PROFESSIONAL contains material pertaining to EWD's continued professional interest in Germany after he left HICOG: his involvement in two German-American Conferences and his concern over the question of German war reparations. It includes a sub-series of public appearances on topics relating to Germany.

SERIES 4: PHOTOS includes five photographs taken during the board of directors meeting of the Ford Motor Co. at which they announced the sale of stock shares. John J. McCloy was a board member and is in these photos.

SERIES 5: PRINTED MATERIAL By volume, the bulk of the collection is in this series. It contains seven sub-series, three of which are further divided into English and foreign language sections. In addition to two sub-series of HICOG published material, the majority of this series is made up of national and international laws, treaties and conventions, and scholarly monographs about them. Most of the commentary is in German. State Department publications and non-HICOG serials make up the remainder of the series, along with two folders of unbound articles and clippings.