The papers are divided into six categories: Correspondence, Writings, Interviews, Pamphlets and Posters, Cartoons, and Production.
The Correspondence is Paul Buhle's incoming and outgoing mail. He corresponded with fellow editors, business people (printers, distributors), readers, subscribers, writers, artists, potential financial backers, and other people interested in analyzing culture's meaning for leftists. Notable correspondents include R. Crumb, Todd Gitlin, Marge Piercy, CLR James, and Ursula LeGuin.
The Writings are published and unpublished, solicited and unsolicited treatments of culture and politics on a wide variety of topics, for example, health, voodoo, music, comics, television, science fiction, sports, and women in music. Also included are book reviews, poetry, a long manuscript on German socialists in America, and a book of poetry by Tuli Kuperberg.
The Interviews are transcripts of interviews conducted by Paul Buhle with Martin Birnbaum, Ernie Reymer, and the editors of Strix, an Italian cartoon magazine. They discuss humor and the Left.
The Pamphlets and Posters are items, many probably received in the mail, published by individuals or groups with interests similar to those of Cultural Correspondence. For instance, the folder contains a brochure from the Socialist Media Group and numerous political posters designed by Billboards of the Future.
The Cartoons category is made up of cartoons and comic strips by Terre Richards, Bill Griffith, Jay Kinney, and L. Contemori.
The Production category is divided into four sections. The dated material includes two covers and some contents of Cultural Correspondence, editorials, statements of purpose, grant proposals, prospectuses, printing business information, and a brochure promoting the journal. The Mailing Lists are names and addresses of recipients of the journal. The Internal Communication from Sam Hunting includes editorial comments on Sam Hunting's work, notes by Hunting on Cultural Correspondence's layout, articles, editorials, and policy, and a typewritten article, “Radicalism and Radical History.” The Reviews are published reviews of Cultural Correspondence.
