Speeches, lecture notes and course syllabi, articles and other personal papers documenting Ward's career as a teacher, scholar and administrator at Princeton University and Amherst College. Many of the speeches are from Ward's tenure as Amherst College President (1971-1979), including statements regarding his involvement in an antiwar protest at Westover Air Force Base in 1972 at which he was arrested. The collection also includes lecture notes for courses in English and American literature that Ward taught at Princeton University, research notes and other miscellaneous papers.

This collection is organized into four series:

• 1. SPEECHES AND TALKS, 1964-1985
• 2. WRITINGS, 1956-1985
• 3. PRINCETON COURSE MATERIALS, 1952-1964
• 4. MISCELLANEOUS, ca. 1956-1985