The Philip Hale Papers consist of .5 linear feet. The collection consists of primarily of letters and photographs.

The WRITINGS series contains a notebook used by Hale during his student years at Yale University and a brief manuscript by Hale. CORRESPONDENCE contains letters written to Hale by individuals, including Walt Whitman, and letters by Hale (photocopies) to Walt Whitman. SERIES III. Contains notes in Mrs. Philip Hale's hand on her husband and other items associated with her. PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMORABILIA contain photographs of Hale as a child, during his student days at Yale and from his early days in Boston, as well as photographs of various homes associated with Hale. WRITINGS ON PHILIP HALE contains a few articles on Hale's writings.

This collection is organized into five series:

• I. WRITINGS (1876)
• II. CORRESPONDENCE (1871-1921)
• III. Mrs. PHILIP HALE (Irene Baumgras) (1935)
• IV. PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMORABILIA (1850s-1890s)
• V. ARTICLES ON PHILIP HALE (1936)