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Correspondence primarily concerns Truman's work as a college and university professor and administrator and a political scientist. Most letters date from Truman's years at Columbia University (1950-1969) and concern administrative appointments and the 1968 student-led takeover of the school. There are letters relating to a potential employment opportunity at Stanford University (1966) and to his selection at president of Mount Holyoke in College in 1969. Other Mount Holyoke correspondence (1969-1978) includes letters from alumnae describing their activities and requesting letters of recommendation and describing their activities. For example, Jody Krisiloff '(Class of 1976) wrote to Truman about her port graduate internship at the White House and her law school years at Columbia. Correspondence also includes letters relating to his appointments at Bennington College (1939), Williams College (1947), and Harvard University (1946) and letters concerning his writings as well as those other political scientists and politicians. These documents include letters by V. O. Key, Pendleton Herring Theodore Newcomb, Hubert Humphrey, Herbert Zelenko, Richard Hofstadter, Elmo Roper, Robert Dahl, Robert Kennedy, Arthur O. Sulzberger, and Victoria Shuck. Personal correspondence primarily consists of letters by Truman's wife, Elinor, describing the Truman's experiences while traveling in Austria, England, France, Belgium, Western Germany, Switzerland and Italy in 1962-1963. There are also several letters (1963-1967) to Truman from his son Edwin, including one concerning Truman's position on the Vietnam War. Other personal letters (1946-1947) are from friends who discuss post World War II conditions in Japan and Germany and mention the beginning of Cold War tensions.

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Organizations material consists of correspondence, reports, publications, and invitations. These documents reflect his active membership in the American Political Science Association (of which he served as president, 1965-1966), the Carnegie Corporation, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Philosophical Society, the Consortium on Financing Higher Education, and other organizations. This material also includes correspondence from friends and colleagues congratulating Truman on his appointment as Vice President and Provost at Columbia, as well as letters and telegrams that Truman received during and after the Columbia student uprising. A collection of documents within the series relates to his work for the United States Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific Theater) in 1945-1946 and includes transcripts of interrogations of Japanese military personnel.

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Lectures material consists of correspondence, invitations, notes, and copies of presentations by Truman. Most materials reflect his participation in professional meetings. Topics of his lectures include "women in politics," "the dilemmas of a bureaucratic society," "current trends in political science" and "presidency and congressional leadership."

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This material primarily consists of correspondence concerning Truman's published writings. These works include his report on "Congress and America's Future" (1965) his books The Governmental Process (1951) and The Congressional Party (1959) and his contribution to the V.O. Key Memorial Volume (1966).

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Unpublished Manuscripts consist of two copies of an autobiographical account entitled "Reflections on the Colombia Disorders of 1968". The work details the 1968 student led-uprising at Columbia University including the events that preceded the initial uprising, the way in which the university administration handled the situation and how the media portrayed these events. The second copy contains a note by Truman's son, Edwin M. Truman, concerning this account.

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Speech materials chiefly consist of Truman's personal outlines, notes and talking guides to speeches he delivered. The materials mostly concern addresses Truman gave to Mount Holyoke College alumna groups around the country as well as commencement and convocation speeches he delivered at Mount Holyoke. Topics Truman covered range from the discussion about the transition to co-education at women's colleges to importance of alumnae relations with the school. There are also addresses Truman delivered at political science committees, speeches he gave at Columbia University alumni and alumnae group events, and speeches given to clubs and organizations such as the Association for Higher Learning, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.

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Memorabilia consists of certificates reflecting his membership in various organizations. The newspaper clippings document Truman's professional life at Columbia and Mount Holyoke and include articles relating to his positions as Dean, Vice-President and Provost of Columbia, as well as his presidency of Mount Holyoke College