Materials include artist and exhibition files; audio visual materials; lectures; university course materials; correspondence; research notes; newspaper clippings; books; journal articles; essays; photographs; and other printed and written materials that pertain to Francis V. O'Connor's research on Jackson Pollock, Thomas Hart Benton, New Deal Art Projects, American mural painting, and his personal research.

Materials include artist letters; correspondence; interiews; publications; documentary materials; newspaper clippings; negatives; photographs; bibliographies; chronologies; slides; curriculm vitae; resumes; exhibition materials; invoices; budget docs; book contracts; pertaining to Francis V. O'Connors research on Hildreth Meière murals and the 1998 Hildreth Meière monograph and exhibition.