The records include lists of contestants and judges, judges' correspondence and evaluations, copies of poems, photographs, clippings, announcements, Glascock Committee records, and audiotapes made by judges (1964, 1968, 1988, 1989). The correspondence include items from famous poets including James Merrill, John Updike, and William Carlos Williams. Poems include works of Robert Lowell and Winfield Scott. Photographs of various year's judges and contestants are also included. Information concerning each year's finalists, judging staff, funding, and brief biographies of Glascock are also included.