This collection contains correspondence between Jane Wofford Malin and her parents; correspondence from Malin's friends; papers of Malin's parents, history professor James C. Malin and Betty Malin; photographs and scrapbooks; and professional work of Malin from her teaching career in French at the University of Houston in Texas.

Also in the collection are materials from or related to the University of Kansas; Lawrence, Kansas; Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas; Universities of Houston and Texas-Austin; and the Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas.

The collection is organized by series for correspondence, papers, photographs, and audio visual materials. Each series is for the most part organized chronologically. The correspondence series includes sub-series for letters each to and from Jane and her parents, as well as sub-series for letters from Malin's friends.

Papers are organized by family member and includes a series of materials not specifically attributable to any single Malin family member. Photographs follow a similar sub-series arrangement, additionally including photographs taken by Malin's friend Fannie Tapper.

Oversize manuscript and photographic materials have been physically separated and are located at RH MS R429 and RH MS-P 1444(f). Audio visual materials have also been physically separated and are located at KC AV 44.