This collection is eight volumes of matchbook covers, each volume contains approximately 330 to 570 matchbooks. The matchbooks are graphic advertisements for various businesses, services, or products. The industries most represented are hotels, restaurants, clubs, and bars. There are a large amount of matchbooks from banks/insurance companies, automobile companies, airlines, food stores, drug stores, clothing stores, gas, oil and coal companies, bowling lanes, State and National Parks, amusement parks, vending machine companies, cigar/cigarette companies, television channels and radio stations. The matchcovers are produced by a number of different companies including: the Universal Match Corp., Diamond Match Co., Lion Match Co., Maryland Match Co., Match Corp. of America, Columbia Match Co., Superior-Match Co., American Match Co., and Monarch Match Company.

There are season's greetings/holiday themed covers primarily for Christmas, and at least one for New Years. Also of note are series of covers depicting Canadian provinces, various countries, war bonds and stamps, Capitol scenes, and Space Age USA. There are also group of covers of birds, flowers, gemstones, cartoons, card decks graphics, "Thank you"; humours covers; "Draw Me" contest; cocktail recipes, and educational advertisements. Additionally there are match covers for the candidates of the 1965 elections. Of particular note are single covers for the New York Rangers, Washington Redskins, New York Yankee Joe Di Maggio, the New York World's Fair (1964-1965), the Arizona State Fair 1964 and the United Nations.

The albums were labeled with volume numbers. There is no discernable order of the matchbooks within the albums, original order has been maintained. There are some groups of match covers on a certain theme or produced by the same company that are displayed together within an album. The volumes are listed in order and highlights of each volume is listed; the list is not comprehensive. This collection would be of particular interest in those researching package design, advertising, or cover art.