The collection focuses on Mrs. Dubois' work with many women's groups, her activities concerning child welfare, the family's financial affairs, and politics. Scholars will find this collection especially useful for information on women's organizations, child welfare, the George Washington Bi-Centennial Commission, and as a supplement to the Fred T. Dubois Collection. A new filing order was established to replace the original order which has been lost over the years. The correspondence files have been arranged chronologically. Items with incomplete dates have been filed at the end of each month, or year, if that part of the date is reasonably certain.
Undated material is located at the end of the correspondence file.
Fragments of letters, and letters between other people, have been filed in the main correspondence file, when possible. The subject headings reflect some, though not all, of Mrs. Dubois' interests, and are representative of what topics might be found in the correspondence files. A great deal of the material relating to the George Washington Bi-Centennial Commission is located in the correspondence files. Most of the financial records for the Dubois family appear to have have been handled by Mrs. Dubois. So, with few exceptions the financial records have been consolidated and maintained in the Edna M. Dubois Collection.