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The General Assembly records are housed in 8 boxes and are arranged by General Assembly session with subjects interfiled by session. Records include: notes on bills, Commissions, extra sessions of 1955 and 1956 and Virginia Advisory Legislative Council.

The Judicial records are housed in 4 boxes and are arranged by Court.

The State Government records are housed in 56 boxes and are arranged alphabetically by agency or subject. Subjects include: Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, Boards, Commissions (including Art Commission, Elizabeth River Tunnel Commission, and Hampton Roads Sanitation Commission), Department of Conservation and Development (including Virginia Conservation Commission), Virginia Corporation Commission, Education (Advisory Research Committee on School Construction, State Board of Education, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and colleges and universities), Governor's Mansion, Grounds and Buildings, Department of Health, Department of Highways, Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals (includes mental hospitals), Military Affairs (Adjutant General), State Police, Taxation, Unemployment Compensation Commission, Virginia Ports Authority, Virginia Supplemental Retirement System, and Department of Welfare and Institutions (Corrections, Penitentiary, and Parole Board).

General Correspondence is housed in 43 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by subject. Notable subjects include: Civil Rights, Constitutional Convention of 1956, Federal versus State Responsibility, Jamestown Celebration - 350th Anniversary, proclamations, requests, Southern governors, Governor's speeches, statements, States Rights, and taxes. Constituent correpondence related to segregation and Brown v. Board of Education can be found in Series IX.

Series IX contains constituent correspondence sent to Gov. Thomas B. Stanley pertaining to Brown vs. Board of Education and the desegregation of Virginia's public schools. Letters advocating to maintain segregation comprise a vast majority of the series, with some letters supporting integregation spread throughout the series. Most constituents favor Massive Resistance, citing religion, taxation, states' rights, public safety, the threat of disease, eugenics, communism, and "racial purity." Correspondence includes letters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, political cartoons, postcards, and telegrams. Petitions and resolutions from Virginia localities, organizations, boards, clubs, and associations are also present. There is correspondence from notable individuals, such as Oliver W. Hill, Harry Byrd Sr., Harry Byrd Jr., Garland Gray, Edward Breeden, Benjamin Muse, George Cochran, A. Willis Robertson, and E. R. Combs. Most correspondence comes from constituents around Virginia, including but not limited to Alexandria, Bedford, Charlottesville, Danville, Harrisonburg, Lynchburg, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond, Roanoke, and Wytheville. There are also incoming letters from individuals outside Virginia, including but not limited to Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illionis, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, North Carolina, New York, Tennessee, and Texas. There are also a handful of international letters. In addition to letters, there are drafts of a few of Gov. Stanley's speeches on segregation, as well as correspondence from other Southern governors and resolutions from other Southern legislatures.

The Extradition records are housed in 17 boxes and are arranged alphabetically.

The Federal Government records are housed in 6 boxes and are arranged alphabetically by agency or subject. Subjects include: Army, Defense, and Executive Departments.

The Miscellaneous records are housed in 3 boxes and contain personal correspondence and reprieves. Personal correspondence to Governor Stanley include: Watkins A. Abbitt, John S. Battle, Harry F. Byrd, Harry F. Byrd, Jr., A. Willis Robertson and William M. Tuck.

The Invitations are housed in 9 boxes and are arranged chronologically.