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Subseries 1 includes Dupee's journals from Mexico (1933-1935), a 1942 journal, undated personal notes and drawings, and Dupee's farewell letter to his wife. The series also includes a 1951-1952 journal by Mrs. Dupee.

One of the most valuable parts of this archive, subseries 2 contains hundreds of letters written to F. W. Dupee and Barbara "Andy" Dupee throughout six decades, many by notable friends such as Mary McCarthy, Lillian Hellman, Edward W. Said, Delmore Schwartz, Sonia Orwell, Thomas Flanagan, Gore Vidal, Lionel Trilling, and others. Several of the letters include manuscripts and related materials from those authors. Dozens of condolences sent to Mrs. Dupee are included, as well as readings from the F. W. Dupee memorial. Many of the letters refer to professional matters, and attest to Dupee's work no less than to his social ties.

Subseries 3 includes Dupee's personal vital records, among them certificates of birth and death, passports, marriage license, and invitation to wedding ceremony; photos of Dupee from the 1930s throughout the 1970s; clippings on friends and colleagues; correspondence with mother and family; photographs of friends and family; and some movies. Detailed genealogies of Dupee's paternal (Church-Dupee) and maternal (Woodruff-Wilcox) family trees are filed, alongside family portraits dating back to 1831. The subseries also includes information on Dupee's rented house in Rome and the family residences in New York and Illinois, and copies of Dupee's yearbooks from Rockford High School and Yale College.

(some professional materials)

Subseries 1 includes books from Dupee's library. Their interest for researchers lies in the fact that most are annotated by Dupee, and many are signed by the authors. The titles range from classical nineteenth century novels to twentieth century poetry and prose, memoirs by colleagues, and literary and cultural criticism. The oldest item, a collection of fifteenth century poetry, dates to 1778, but most of the books were published in the twentieth century.