The scrapbooks series dating from 1950 to 1982 consists of scrapbooks that contain press clippings, photographs, programs, telegrams, advertisements, and reviews for Donn Arden produced shows in Las Vegas, Nevada, Paris, France, and in numerous nightclubs around the United States.
The Donn Arden subseries contains material dating from the 1910s to the 1990s that document Donn Arden's personal life. Items include correspondence, telegrams, invitations, high school ephemera, biographical press clippings, and magazine articles.