Includes materials related to Wilson's professional service at the national, regional, and local/University of Kansas level, as well as materials related to talks and presentations he has given that may or may not be in a service capacity. Includes materials related to professional associations and conferences or symposia as well as materials related to funding agencies for which Wilson served as a facilitator or grant reveiwer or in some other service capacity. The series may include materials related to conferences Wilson attended but at which he was not necessarily a speaker.

Materials include meeting minutes and agendas, conference programs, notes, correspondence, orientation materials, copies of talks and presentations given, etc. In particular, there are materials related to Wilson's involvement with the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR).