This collection has been intellectually organized into several series, reflecting the work that Jeanne Klein accomplished at the University of Kansas and elsewhere. Klein’s organization, as marked on the original boxes that came to Spencer Research Library, has been retained where possible. These series include Research and Teaching; Theatre Department / UT Administrative; Correspondence; TYP (Theatre for Young People); CV autobiography career (grad to KU); Oversize Materials; and Audiovisual Materials.

The Research and Teaching series contains general research notes and teaching materials from Klein’s work as a professor at KU, including research for Klein’s drafted book, child audiences, and African American performing girls. The Theatre Department / UT series contains agendas, committee materials, and other materials relating to the Theatre Department at KU.

The Correspondence series includes Klein’s correspondence with other theatre and TYP professionals. The TYP (Theatre for Young People) series contains materials relating to Klein’s work in TYP and materials relating to KU’s Theatre for Young People program. The curriculum vitae, or CV, Autobiography, Career (grad to KU) series contains materials relating to Klein’s professional work as an instructor and personal life.

Oversize Materials and Audiovisual Materials concern those materials which have been physically separated from the rest of the collection due to their special needs.

Terms and language used in the collection are representative of when the texts were created and have been replicated in this finding aid only when directly quoting from original captions and folder titles. Folder titles containing information in [brackets] is for additional information provided by Spencer staff beyond the folder titles provided by Klein. Klein frequently used acronyms and other shorthand description on a regular basis in her career, such as "ASSITEJ" for "Association Internationale du Theatre de l'Enfance et la Jeunesse / International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People" or "TYP" for "Theatre for Young People," and these acronyms appear throughout this finding aid.