Brian J. Wynne (1950-) served as CEO and executive director of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and its affiliated Design Foundation from 1977 to 1988. The IDSA is a trade organization for industrial designers that promotes the impact of design on business, culture, and society. It advocates for the profession through providing educational opportunities and is an active member of the World Design Organization. Wynne's papers document his tenure as CEO and as an honorary member from 2005 to 2015. The collection is organized into five series: Correspondence, ISDA studies and publications, ISDA policies and directories, IDSA conferences and events, and Affiliated organizations.

Records collected by Christopher P. Wahmann during his career as a manager in the Operating Department of Amtrak between the mid-1970s and mid-1990s, including Amtrak documents and those of other railroads and commuter agencies over which Amtrak operates or that operate trains over Amtrak's lines.

Karl Gabosch (1932-2008) was an employee of Pennsylvania Railroad Company and its successors, Penn Central and Conrail. The collection consists of a sample of company manuals, internal publications, and maps that were issued to him over the course of his career.

MCI Communications Corporation (MCI) was a large telecommunications company. It was organized in October 1963 in Joliet, Illinois, by John D. (Jack) Goeken (1930-2010) as Microwave Communications, Inc. Goeken and his partners were planning to provide point-to-point private line microwave communications between Chicago and St. Louis to small businesses. This small collection of MCI documents primarily concerns customer service support, branch service, billing/system problems, and internet services.

The Pennzoil Company is a large oil-producing, refining, and marketing company established in 1913. Its largest product is synthetic motor oil made from natural gas. This item is a single volume containing four parts; it was intended to provide new employees with an orientation to the company and the oil and gas industry.

Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was, for more than fifty years, one of the country's leading manufacturers and vendors of radios, phonographs, televisions, and a wide array of consumer and military electronics products. This small collection consists of an employee invention agreement, a certificate of insurance, a parking facilities map, and an employee guide. All of the materials belonged to Philip Segal (1913-1998) of Waltham, Massachusetts, who began working for RCA on October 4, 1955, as a laboratory technician. According to the 1940 U.S. Census, Segal had previous experience working as a radio repairman.