The records of the Hamlin Garland Literary Society span 1920 to 1932, all but the final year of the organization. The records include two ledgers, with meeting minutes, attendance records, expenditures, and presentations transcribed onto the pages. The constitution and bylaws, as well as a bank account book, are also included. One piece of correspondence dated November 26, 1926, from a former society member related the song lyrics to the Hamlin Garland song. Another former member described in a letter her attempts to tune in the Hamlin Garland radio presentation on the campus station, WSUI, from her home in Chicago on March 19, 1929.