This subseries primarily consists of correspondence with Milka Bliznakov, Professor Emerita of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech and founder of the IAWA, as well as some correspondence relating to courses, projects, and other professional commitments.

This subseries includes outlines, plans, and notes for course "Environment and Design in Housing" given at Alameda State College and The College of the Holy Names in Oakland, CA during the early 1960s, schedules, correspondence, and student comments and writings relating to various lectures and courses given through the Los Angeles City School Districts Adult Education program and through University of California Extension, Riverside during the time period from 1970-1975, and a videotape of a lecture given at Virginia Tech in 1996. This subseries include 2 volumes of 35 mm slides of various architectural designs and Teliesin Fellowship Gottlieb used for teaching.

This subseries includes a typed manuscript of Gottlieb's book, , which was based on the courses she gave at the College of the Holy Names and Alameda State College and which was published by Macmillan Company in 1965, photographs with captions and drawings, which were used as illustrations in the book, as well as some correspondence from the publisher and reference material. The subseries also includes a manuscript of an article written by Gottlieb called "The Balance Between Diversity and Specialization in American and Indian Education."

This subseries includes transcripts of various interviews pertaining to Gottlieb's experiences during her internship with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin, various material relating to Gottlieb's photographic exhibit, "A Way of Life," which documents her time at Taliesin, a copy of the publication based upon the exhibit, and photographs and other material relating to an exhibit on Gottlieb, titled "Lois Gottlieb: Continuing the Legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright," at Virginia Tech in the spring of 1998. The subseries also includes storyboards for the video ("Building a Dream: A Family Affair") Gottlieb produced about the her work designing and constructing a house in Fairfax Station, VA for her son and a copy of the publication "Architectural Drawings of Lois Davidson Gottlieb, Vol. IX, 1997-2002."

This subseries consists primarily of presentation photographs of various architectural design projects, photographs of furniture and interior design projects and various portraits of Gottlieb, as well as a portrait of her long-time friend, Jane Duncomb; who is also a co-founder of Duncombe-Davidson architectural design firm.

This subseries includes newspaper and magazine clippings about Gottlieb, a newsletter with an article by Gottlieb titled "The Balance Between Diversity and Specialization in American and Indian Education," product literature, announcements and other printed material related to an exhibit at Virginia Tech and to screenings of the documentary "Building a Dream," and other printed material collected by but not about Gottlieb.

This subseries includes drawings and class exercises created by Gottlieb during her time as an undergraduate at Stanford University from 1944 to 1947 and as a graduate student in the School of Design at Harvard University from 1949 to 1951.

This subseries consists of original drawings, including plans, elevations, sections, and details, of Gottlieb's designs for various residences. Drawings are arranged chronologically according to project.

This subseries includes notes, invoices, correspondence, sketches, printed and other material resulting from Gottlieb's design activities on various residential projects. Files are arranged chronologically according to project.