This collection has been arranged by subject matter into the following series: businesses and public spaces; churches; residences; schools; the "Dutch" windmill; bridges and rivers; cityscapes and environs; street scenes; group portraits; portraits and families; events and ceremonies; disasters; transportation; unidentified portraits by Lawrence photographers; albums; and miscellaneous. Each series has been divided into sub-series of photographic prints and negatives, and then further broken down by specific photographic media type within each of these sub-series.

Items are frequently undated. It should be noted that numerous photographs could pertain to multiple series - for example, photographs of a parade, present in the "Events and ceremonies" series, might also show local businesses in the background, street scenes, public officials, and buildings.

It should also be noted that in some instances, there are no corresponding prints for certain negatives in the collection, and these subjects are therefore represented only within the negatives sub-series.

The collection is physically arranged by series, size, and photographic media type. Oversize photographs housed in boxes are denoted by an 'f' following their box number and those housed in oversize folders are denoted by 'ff' following their folder number. Nitrate and flexible negatives are housed together in boxes, glass plate negatives are housed in several separate boxes, glass plate positives are housed in a separate box, and slides are housed in a slide box (box 24). The negatives in box 25 are generally 5x7" in size, in boxes 26-28 generally 8x10", in boxes 29, 30, and 32 generally 4x6", and in boxes 31, 33, and 34 generally 4x5". Stereographs are housed with the regular photographic prints in box 23, denoted by an "s" following the folder number.