The subject files and photographs series of the Hughes Electronics Corporation Records date from 1935-2003. This series contains subject files on the company history, some of its major technological developments, and its purchase by General Motors. Photographs in this series document Hughes developed technologies in use by NATO forces, development of the Galileo probe, the H-1 Racer, and communication satellites. Also in this series are files and photographs of the NASA Pioneer 10/Jupiter encounter.

The corporate executive biographies with photographs series of the Hughes Electronics Corporation Records date from 1944 to 2003. The series contains biographies and headshots of the Hughes leadership team as well as some General Motors leadership team.

The publications and reports series of the Hughes Electronics Corporation Records date from 1949 to 2003. The materials include product and service brochures, employee resource literature and newsletters, organizational charts, directories, annual reports, and reports on the United States defense industry. This series also contains publications that were not produced by Hughes Electronics but were collected on topics relating to the work of the company or Howard Hughes. These include marketing material from other aerospace/defense companies, newspaper articles, and popular magazines including Look, Fortune, and Variety.