Miscellaneous correspondence is filed first by date, followed by correspondence filed in alphabetical order by correspondent or subject. Ahmad did not keep copies of his own letters as a general rule; the files contain letters almost exclusively addressed to him. Notable correspondents include Daniel Berrigan, Noam Chomsky and Edward Said.

These files contain material listed by subject which are predominantly not correspondence. Several files relate to courses taught, and include syllabi and bibliographies. Also present are files of newspaper clippings about Ahmad, and several files relating to the Khaldunia University project. Three files contain work by Ahmad's brother Saghir Ahmad, who was interested in many of the same topics as Eqbal, but who was killed in an accident in the 1970s.

Material relating to the Harrisburg 7 conspiracy trial of 1971-72 is filed in this series, including legal documents, correspondence and clippings, as well as Ahmad's notes taken at the trial proceedings.

Filed alphabetically by subject, these are voluminous handwritten notes kept by Ahmad on all subjects in which he was interested. They are distinguished from material filed in the Writings Series in that they do not form a coherent narrative.

These files contain material collected by Ahmad for his own research. Much of this material consists of printed material from Pakistan or other Third World countries, or original (unpublished) material. A bibliography of the journal articles which were weeded during processing appears as the first item in this series. The remaining material is filed alphabetically by subject. There are large amounts of material on Pakistan, Algeria, Israel and Palestine, and Vietnam.

This series contains published and unpublished writings filed alphabetically by title. In some cases, articles may appear twice due to title/subtitle confusion or in cases where the draft of an article has a different title from the published version. In his later years, Ahmad wrote weekly columns for news magazines published in Pakistan (Dawn) and Egypt (AlAhram). There are several files of Dawn columns filed by date in addition to the individual columns filed by title. Also present are some collected files of letters to the editor for various publications. A partial bibliography of published writings by Eqbal Ahmad was prepared by Yogesh Chandrani, a former student and colleague, in the spring of 1999. This bibliography appears as the first folder in this series.

Present in this section are videotapes, audiotapes, a small collection of photographs, and miscellaneous material. The collection includes material by and about Ahmad, including the autobiographical Stories My Country Told Me produced by BBC Arena. It also includes items collected by Ahmad for his work. Individual items are listed for this series.

Tube 1 contains posters relating to Eqbal Ahmad. Tube 2 contains organizational charts of the revolutionary movement (FLN) in Algiers in the 1950s. Tubes 3 and 4 contain posters for various movements and causes, among them a collection of Cuban posters. Individual items are listed for this series.