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Series I is composed of manuscripts and associated materials on a broad range of topics related to the Soviet Union and the Soviet sphere of influence. Manuscripts within Subseries I.1: Economics address topics including natural resources, agriculture, forestry, industrial and urban development, and Soviet economic policy and administration. Subseries I.2: Social and political sciences is the largest group of materials in the collection. It contains manuscripts on the history of the Russian Empire, the USSR, and regional ethnic minority groups, from the seventeenth century through World War II and the immediate post-war period. It also contains manuscripts on Soviet foreign and domestic policy, including the structure and functions of the Communist Party, military, and secret police. Finally, it includes materials on Soviet society, including education, religion and the suppression thereof, and other distinctive aspects of Soviet culture. Conversely, Subseries I.3: Science is the smallest group of materials in the collection. It includes nineteen manuscripts on the process of conducting research in various scientific fields in the Soviet Union. Subseries I.4: The arts addresses Soviet literature, linguistics, and press freedom; theatre; music; film; and architecture. There are both original literary manuscripts and scholarly manuscripts addressing other works of literature in this subseries.

Series IV is composed of Dunham's publications, workshops, and inventions, all of which are organized topically then chronologically. In the 1980s and 1990s, he attended a number of workshops on bamboo construction and solar energy in Myanmar and Thailand. Subseries 3 is concerned with his inventions related to solar energy and nocturnal radiation. Some of this work was conducted during his tenure at the School of Tropical Architecture (AA) and as a Fulbright Scholar. His research on solar cookers was carried out in partnership with John Duffie (the first director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Solar Energy Lab) and was funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Daniel Farrington was a frequent collaborator and correspondent. Included are a patent, research articles, "hand-made" bound volumes of research, United Nations reports on alternative energy, sketches, photographs, and correspondence. Some of this work was conducted during Dunham's consultancies, such as the solar distillers in Mauritania. On a humorous note are sketches for a hot dog cooker that Dunham made with his family on beach trips. Also present are regularly updated curricula vitae, which provide a thorough account of his various roles; as well as lists of his publications, consultancies, and built-works compiled by Mary Frances Dunham.

Series I is composed of records related to Dunham's professional work as an architect, and primarily includes photographs, negatives, slides, and reproductions of architectural drawings. It is organized geographically, with the exception of Subseries 4, which includes material related to a MoMA exhibition.