D.C. Sister Inez's field work began among the Chippewa of her native state. Although at first concerned with social problems, she eventually specialized in the life of children, a study that she carried out among several North American Indian tribes, in Latin America, and among the Ainu of Japan. For the Institute of Human Relations at Yale University, she prepared a field guide for the study of child life. The collection mostly concerns Sister Inez's study of child life of the Chippewa, Arapaho, Araucanian, and Ainu, and miscellaneous papers about other tribes of the Plains, Southwest, Southeast, and Latin America. Some material is based on readings, some on her own field work.
Most data are on note slips.
There are also materials that reflect her interest in social problems, particularly among the Chippewa. Some recordings reflect an interest in early days in Montana. The papers concerning the Ainu include material of Chiye Sano and Midori Yamaha, Sister Inez's assistants in Japan. The papers also include a very small amount of correspondence of Margaret Mead and Rhoda M traux. Most of Sister Inez's correspondence is at the College of St. Benedict.