This small collection documents Simon Saretzky's career at IMC Magnetics Corporation, as well as previous jobs, including his work as an engineer with Holtzer-Cabot Electric Company during World War II. There is a small amount of material related to Cyclohm Corp. in the late 1940s.

The collection has been organized into seven series: Oral history, education, family, and early career documents; Patents and general electrical motors articles; Holtzer-Cabot Electric Company papers; Cyclohm Motor Corp. papers; SAWO Engineering Company papers; IMC Magnetics Corporation papers; and Flo-Con Corporation papers.

The Oral history, education, family, and early career documents series contains an oral history interview (audio and transcripts) conducted by Saretzky's son, Gary Saretzky, in 1981. There is an oral history transcript and research (biographical and company history) from 1993, also conducted by Gary Saretzky. This series includes toasts from birthdays, personal memoirs written by Saretzky, and Saretzky's obituary and eulogy. There is also an eight-issue newsletter about Saretzky's life.

There are educational documents from Saretzky's studies in the U.S.S.R. from 1923 to 1926 and in Germany from 1928 to 1933. These materials are in Russian and German, respectively. The Russian documents appear to be mostly transcripts and certificates; however, the German materials include notebooks, letters of recommendation, and coursework (papers). Of note is a set of correspondence with Max Blumenthal concerning reparations in lost income from interruption of studies from having to flee Germany during World War II, dated 1951 to 1954. There are numerous advanced education documents from various institutions in Massachusetts, primarily for English. There is an advanced certificate for engineering coursework at Harvard University. These are dated between 1939 and 1944.

There is a set of passports and identification, Saretzky's citizenship and immigration papers from Palestine, his marriage license, United States Naturalization certification, and Ellis Island Immigration certification, with a wall etching. The Patents and general electrical motors articles series includes journal articles about universal electric motors, and dates from 1930 to 1944. One publication is in German, and there are two issues of the Ohio State Studies Bulletin. There is a set of papers from the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) conference in 1959 that focus on induction motors and insulation materials. The patents are primarily copies of Saretzky's patents; however, other related patents or correspondence are included.

The Holtzer-Cabot Electric Company papers series consists of reports, company employee newsletters, an incomplete set of electrical engineering guides called "Symmetrical Components," and two engineering developments binders. The first engineering development binder contains documentation for four projects: a D.C. Selsyn motor, cycle counter, contour sawing machine, and magnetic contactors. There are memorandum, letters, brief reports, notes, engineering sketches, blueprints, and technical drawings for each project, dating from 1943 to 1944. The second binder, the motor development binder, contains specification graphs only and dates from 1946. There is one photograph of the office interior with workers; Saretzky is pictured, but the image is undated.

The Cyclohm Motor Corp. papers series primarily consists of specification forms for Cyclohm motors dating from 1948 and 1949. There is an employment agreement from 1946 and some correspondence related to the Cyclohm motor 2407 for the Collins Radio Company. There is also a Cyclohm small motor, model unknown.

The SAWO Engineering Company papers series contains a financial ledger that is sparsely completed, dating from 1949, and a company federal tax return from 1984. The IMC Magnetics Corporation papers series contains annual reports from 1955 to 1983, product catalogs, company correspondence, and employment agreements. Of note is an image of a NASA female urinal with an IMC motor with accompanying explanatory text written by astronaut Sally Ride. The collection contains limited financial information. There is information related to the profit-sharing plan and some informal financial notes that indicate rough numbers over a period of time. There is a photograph of Saretzky with IMC Magnetics products; the image is undated. There is a small motor, model unknown, and a Hi-Fi Boxer Fan.

Flo-Con Corporation papers series consists of the board of director meeting minutes, financial papers, documentation of the acquisition of a new facility, and the purchase of Tenrac. The Flo-Con Corporation manufactured electronic and pneumatic control devices used in waste air heat recovery and exchange systems. Saretzky was a shareholder and member of the board.