This collection includes card files, subject bibliographies, schematic charts, maps, articles, manuscript chapters, clippings, audio tapes, and other material documenting anthropologist Roger C. Owens work with a range of native American groups of the Southwestern US and the Baja peninsula. The collection includes subject coded reference card files on Native American cultures, schematic charts of social organization, subject bibliographies, and scholarly articles filed by subject.

The collection consists of around 3000 photograph slides collected by W.L. Wallace depicting the American Southwest, mainly focusing on California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. Slides in the collection show mostly natural landmarks and scenery, in addition to monuments, historical sites, and national parks.