She received her BA in English and American Literature as well as her teaching credentials from Harvard in 1987. She received her MA in Modern Thoughts and Literature from Stanford University in 1990 and completed her PhD with the same department in 1995. She has held positions at both Santa Clara University and California State University, Fresno. While the collection contains a few items relating to the Lesbian Studies Reader and other academic activities, the majority of the collection covers the publication of Garber's anthology, Tilting the Tower, documenting the collection, permissions, editing, and revising processes.