The Marie Emilie Gilchrist Papers consist of 0.5 linear feet of poetry and submission records. The submission records are somewhat irregular. They do not track every poem Gilchrist wrote, nor is there information about every poem she published. The poetry dates from 1906 to 1973 (thinning after 1960), and her biographical material dates from 1934-1990.

The papers are organized and labeled according to Gilchrist's own filing system.