The League of Women Voters (LWV) series contains information on the issues Ardis Kearns dealt with during her time in as a member of the LWV of the Las Vegas Valley, as well as the president of the LWV of Nevada between 1957 and 1987. Included are notes from League conventions and leadership training materials for its board members. There is also information on Nevada elections during the 1960s and 1970s. In addition, Kearns collected material on national issues such as voting rights for eighteen-year-olds and the Equal Rights Amendment.

The publications series contains books, leaflets, and reports collected by Ardis Kearns on subjects relating to voting, science, the environment, the arts, the criminal justice system, youth, and recreation between 1807 and 1995. The materials are primarily dated between 1960 and 1986, but some research publications are from the 1920s. There are also two volumes of A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts from 1807 and 1808.