Dorothy Hodge Johnson's papers are arranged in two subseries, Personal and Organizational Records.

Personal Records contains four additional subseries: Biography, Correspondence, Herman Johnson material, & Printed Material.

Organizational Records also contains four subseries: Alpha Kappa Alpha, National Urban League, Sumner High School, and Other Organizations.

Arrangement in series Biography, where items were drawn together by type, and Other Organizations, grouped by organization name, is by alphabetical order; for all other subseries, arrangement within is chronological.