The collection consists of copies of two lectures Clarence Lang presented, one during the spring semester of 2011 at the University of Kansas for the annual Langston Hughes lecture, as well as a newspaper article about Lang.

The Bill Tuttle papers are the works, notes, and self-collected documents of a long-time American studies and African / African-American studies professor at the University of Kansas. The collection includes research notes, writings, teaching files, and subject files regarding the 1919 Chicago race riots; the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma race riots; 20th century racial violence; and more general topics of African American history in the United States.