The Parshley papers are divided into four Series. Series I, located in Box 1, Folder 1, includes biographical information such as newspaper articles, faculty files, obituaries and other miscellaneous items. Series II, in Box 1, Folder 2, consists of photographs only. Series III, in Box 1, Folders 3 through 10, is correspondence, divided into two sections: correspondence with family and associates and correspondence concerning the translation and publication of The Second Sex. The first section, located in Folder 3, includes letters from Margaret Sanger and Adelaide Cromwell, Smith, class of 1940. Series IV consists of Parshley's published works and is also divided into two sections: articles and reviews, Box 2, Folders 1 - 3, and the translation of The Second Sex and related material, beginning in Box 2, Folder 4 and continuing through Box 3. In Folder 4 - 7 are Parshley's copy of Le Deuxieme Sexe, news clippings, publishing notes and translation notes, respectively. The translated manuscript begins in Folder 8 and continues through Box 3.

This collection is organized into four series:

• I. Biographical
• II. Photographs
• III. Correspondence
• IV. Publications