The collection consists of the handwritten copies of the papers Mrs. Thies gave as programs for the Twentieth Century Book Club. Some files also contain clippings and illustrative material used in for the papers. The file on Elizabeth Gray Vining contains correspondence from Ms. Vining. While the papers are primarily on literary topics, there are papers on the Japanese internment during World War II, on conditions in Siberia in 1927and Manchuria in 1933, and on social issues such as divorce. The collection also contains a gas ration card from World War II.