This collection consists of papers created by the illustrator and science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer Carl Sherrell, including draft materials, manuscript and printed copies of published and unpublished works, correspondence with writers and publishers, reference material, publications by Sherrell's associates, and other materials associated with his writing and illustration career.

John Kessel is a Nebula Award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer based in North Carolina. His papers span his writing career and include materials relating to his publications in a variety of formats, as well as correspondence with other prominent science fiction and fantasy writers.

The River City Reunion was a large-scale cultural event held in Lawrence, Kansas in September 1987 that celebrated the town's contributions to the arts in the Midwest and a gathering of cross-generational counter-culture writers, musicians, and performers. This collection predominately contains audiovisual materials covering the event and a number of release forms associated with the audiovisual material.