The collection contains reports, studies, manuals and files from the agency dealing with subjects such as the end of the adoption program, the national War on Poverty, and the Community Chest allotment formula. There are also photographs, typescript histories, a 1982 brochure and an agency history written by Warren MacNeill.
There are also associated records of the Metro United Way donated by the organization to the University Archives and Records Center. Microfilmed by the University of Louisville Archives and Records Center, 1983.