- Artwork – Painting, sculpture, illustration and other works of art.
- Audio – Oral histories, music, speeches and other recorded sound.
- Books – Published books including city directories, county histories, course catalogs and product catalogs.
- Documents – Pamphlets, conference proceedings, reports, studies, sheet music, recipes, marriage records, military service records and other records.
- Ephemera – Advertisements, tickets, receipts and other memorabilia.
- Film and Video – News broadcasts, oral history interviews, film clips and other moving images.
- Manuscripts – Diaries, letters and other handwritten documents and personal papers.
- Maps – Maps, including plat books, atlases, Sanborn maps and topographic maps.
- Objects – Clothing, furniture, tools and other three-dimensional material culture artifacts.
- Periodicals – Magazines, newsletters, newspapers (including news clippings) and other serial publications.
- Photographs – All types of photographic images, including photo prints, slides and negatives.
- Postcards – All types of postcards, including picture postcards and real photo postcards.
- Scrapbooks – Albums of photographs, documents, clippings and ephemera.
- Yearbooks – University, college and high school yearbooks or annuals.
