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This series includes nineteen scrapbooks. Scrapbooks include mostly clippings, as well as photographs, printed material, correspondence, typescripts, speech notes, broadside, and other material. Printed material includes published guides, magazines, basketball schedules, and other material. Some scrapbooks include handwritten and typed annotations. The main subject of the scrapbooks is West's basketball playing career, spanning his time with East Bank High School, the WVU Mountaineers, and the LA Lakers. Special events highlighted include the 1960 Olympics, the Lakers 21st annual All-Star game, and the Lakers championship games.

This series includes clippings, photographs, award certificates, printed material, and ephemera. Clippings mainly relate to West's basketball career. Photos include West family photos, portraits of Jerry, and aerial shots of houses. Noteworthy items include material related to East Bank High School and West's time there (clippings, student publications, and an ink sketch of the building; 1951-1956, 1998) and Jantzen advertisements featuring Jerry West (ca. 1965-1967).

This series contains 4 subseries:

This series includes a portable recorder and WMA audio files of interviews conducted by Jonathan Coleman as part of his research for West by West. Paper copy transcripts of many of the interviews can be found in Series 14, Transcripts of Interviews; a Reading Guide (in box 38, folder 1) correlates the alphanumeric codes assigned to the paper copies to the corresponding interviewee names, as well as the titles of corresponding audio files. According to Coleman, the audio recordings of the interviews should be the final authority in terms of accuracy, rather than the transcripts. Corrections in the printed transcripts were made as time allowed, but eight transcribers in all were involved in the project.

This series includes typed transcripts of the interviews Jonathan Coleman conducted as part of his research for West by West. Most interviews are with Jerry West; other interviewees include: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Willie Akers; Al Attles; Mitchell Andersons; John Antonik; Emily Barker; Tony Barone, Jr.; Tony Barone, Sr.; Gene Bartow; Elgin Baylor; Mary Belton; Bill Bertka; John Black; Hannah Bowman, her husband Tommy Bowman and her grandson Hunter Bowman; Senator Bill Bradley; Jim Brown; Joe Bua; Susan Bua; Jeanie Buss; Dr. Jerry Buss; Geoff Calkins; Dyan Cannon; Cedric Ceballos; Charlie Chico; Jim Cleamons; Jerry Colangelo; Gary Colson; Michael Cooper; Mike Curtis; Adrian Dantley; Marty Danzig; Ruth Danzig; Dana Davis; Julie Dawson; Sylvester (Si) Dinardi; Keith Erickson; Dan Fegan; Rick Fox; Walt "Clyde" Frazier; Bobby Freedman; Rudy Gay; Laura Glankler; Gail Goodrich; Dave Griffin; Ronnie Grisanti; A.C. Green; Willie Gregory; Don Hagr (?); Del Harris; John Havlicek; Tommie Hawkins; Marge Hearn; Tom Heinsohn; Michael Heisley; Mayor Willie Herenton; Jim Hill; Taylor Hill; Barron Hilton; Lionel Hollins; Pitt Hyde; Phil Jackson; Steve Jackson; Earvin "Magic" Johnson; Dahntay Jones; Ken Jones; Michael Jordan; Jim Justice; Romeo Khazen; Mitch Kupchak; Ronnie Lester; Barbara Lewis; Mary Lou Liebich; Tim Leiweke; Bill Lucchesi; Bob McAdoo; Joan McLaughlin; Jim McLean; Dr. Jimmie Mancell; David "Teeny Weenie" Miller; Jane West Montgomery; Lee Moore; Wistar Murray; Jack Nicholson; Patricia Noel and Billy Noel (Jerry West's sister and nephew); Micki Nolan; Shaquille O'Neal; Frank O'Neill; Jim Perzik; Randy Pfund; Dana Pump; Buddy Quertinmont (Jules Herbert); Kurt Rambis; Glen Rice; Pat Riley; Oscar Robertson; Lon Rosen; Claire Rothman; Bill Russell; Fred Schaus; Barbara Schaus; Earl Schultz; Karen Schultz; Byron Scott; Brian Shaw; Adrian Smith; Joe Smith; Sonny Smith; Wendy Smith; Zelda Spoelstra; Bob Steiner; David Stern; Monte Stewart; Bill Strickland; Charles Sweeney; Arn Tellem; Nancy Tellem; Mychal Thompson; Rod Thorn; Ron Tillery; Gene "Bumper" Tormohlen; Jack Twyman; Kiki Vandeweghe; Gary Vitti; Chris Wallace; Donnie Walsh; Bob Warner; Hakim Warrick; Van Weinberg; Barbara West; Charles West; David West (Jerry West's eldest son); Jonnie West; Karen West; Karen Comfort West (Jerry's niece); Kim West; Mark West; Michael West; Ryan West; Jamaal Wilkes; Matt Winick; John Wooden; and James Worthy.

This series includes handwritten and typescript notes, correspondence, and other material pertaining to the book West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life, by Jerry West and Jonathan Coleman. Subjects include Coleman's research for the book, interviews Coleman conducted, the process of assembling and finishing the book, and Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces.

This addendum includes ninety-six Jerry West basketball cards and one card with an image of Jerry West and a penny in it, collected by the WVRHC. The cards cover his high school school basketball days through his days as a general manager.

This series consists of eighteen publications containing material regarding Jerry West; these items have been organized chronologically.

This series includes typescript and handwritten letters (some original, some facsimiles), as well as related documents, such as press releases, awards, and other materials. Subjects include West's college recruitment, all-star games, his college career, his employment with the Lakers, and Jonathan Coleman's research into West for their book. Correspondents include Edgar (Eddie) Barrett, Publicity Director of WVU Athletic Department; various members of West's family; Ronald Reagan; Earvin "Magic" Johnson; Barbara and Fred Schaus; and more. Noteworthy items include letters regarding West's recruitment to WVU (1955-1956), letters regarding the attempt to replace many of West's trophies after a fire in the West family home (1962-1963), and a Notification of Birth Registration for Jerry West (1938). Additional correspondence can be found in series 12, Digital Files--Other.

This series includes event programs, handbills, sympathy cards, and more. Subjects include Jerry West Station, the Jerry West WVU Statue Unveiling, and others. Highlights include a birth announcement of Jonathan Joseph "Jonnie" West (1988) and Jerry West's signed Forum ID card (1960).