The collection contains personal and professional correspondence, research files, catalogues, professional and personal photographs, postcards, slides, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, journal articles, pamphlets, brochures, original works of art and memorabilia.

The collection also contains materials which pertain to the writer Eleanor de la Vergne Risley (1876-1945), a cousin of Louis Freund. Her books include Road to Wildcat (1930) and An Abandoned Orchard (1932). Several of her short stories were published in The Atlantic Monthly. In 1939, Risley moved to Eureka Springs to live with the Freunds . She was an active member of the artistic community until her death in 1945.

Series 1, Correspondence, consists of personal and professional correspondence dating primarily from the 1960s and 1970s. Included are letters, invitations, notes, Christmas cards, brochures, postcards and pamphlets. Box 2, Folder 1 contains correspondence between Louis and Elsie Freund, as well as copies of Christmas letters and Christmas cards sent by the Freunds. Of particular interest are letters from John Gould Fletcher and Charlie May Simon from 1944 and 1945. Materials are organized in alphabetical order by correspondent. When more than one Item of correspondence exists from an individual or organization, these materials are organized in chronological order.

Series 2, General Files, contains files kept for personal and professional use by the Freunds. Included are materials regarding art, art collections, art education, art guilds, art history, art projects, art theory, plans and blueprints for the Eureka Springs Art Gallery, travels, other artists, educators, and colleagues. Also included is a biography of Elsie Bates Freund written by Anne Allman in 1991 and a biography of Louis Freund written by Rita Caver in 1993. Personal materials include correspondence and writings of Angus C. Avery and Rhoda Dodge Avery, maternal grandparents of Louis Freund, from 1854 to 1906, as well as Louis Freund's childhood writings and sketches dating from 1905 to 1916. Also included is biographical information concerning Elsie Freund's sister, Goldie Owen (1907-1992). Files are arranged alphabetically.

Series 3, Published Materials, contains catalogues, journal articles, and newspaper clippings about the Freunds and their work as artists, educators and art promoters. Catalogues include exhibit catalogues and brochures of their work. Journal articles include articles and illustrations by Louis Freund, and are arranged alphabetically by journal title. Newspaper clippings are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Series 4. Photographs, Postcards and Slides, contains images relating to specific art works, as well as to the personal and professional lives of Louis and Elsie Freund. Oversize photographs depicting works of art and a photograph of Louis Freund's family celebrating the silver anniversary of his maternal grandparents, Angus C. Avery and Rhoda Dodge Avery, have been removed to Box 13, Folder 1.

Subseries 1 contains photographs, postcards and slides of paintings, prints and sketches by Elsie and Louis Freund. Box 8, Folders 1 to 7 contain photographs and postcards of paintings by Elsie Freund. Folder 7 contains works of art which have not been identified by title. The remaining files contain photographs and postcards of paintings, prints and sketches by Louis Freund. Files are arranged alphabetically by title of work. Titles of works of art are in italics. Box 9, Folder 42 contains slides which were taken on May 19, 1999 of original works of art which are contained in the collection.

Subseries 2 contains photographs of the Freunds involved in work as professional artists and educators, as well as family and personal photographs of the Freunds. Folder 10 contains a photograph of the tree in Pea Ridge, Arkansas, which was the inspiration for the John Gould Fletcher poem "Mockingbird at Pea Ridge."

Series 5, Scrapbooks and Memorabilia, contains three scrapbooks. One contains postcards, letters, newspaper clippings, journal articles, photographs of paintings, personal photographs, pamphlets, exhibit notices, and bulletins from 1929 to 1937. The second, containing similar material dating from 1938 to 1953, has been moved to Box 13, which contains oversize material. Included in this scrapbook is a typed copy of the John Gould Fletcher poem "After the Storm" inscribed by the author and dedicated to Louis Freund. The third scrapbook contains testimonial letters dedicated to the Freunds by various admirers from 1991. Also included is Louis Freund's Beginners' Primer, 1911, which contains marginalia, as well as the medal presented to Louis Freund by International Business Machines Corporation to commemorate his participation in the 1939 World's Fair Exhibition in which Crossroad Forum was displayed. Louis Freund's 1929 passport is also included.

Series 6, Original Works of Art, contains original works of art by Louis Freund. Included are preliminary pencil sketches, preliminary ink sketches, studies in tempera, studies done in paper and paint, pencil and crayon sketches, pen and ink washes, prints, magazine covers, paintings on canvas in oil and in acrylic. Folder 13 contains a pencil sketch of Eleanor Risley by an unidentified artist. Access to original works of art is limited. Researchers desiring access to rolled sketches of the Eureka Springs and Harrison murals should consult with the Head of Special Collections. Slides depicting some of these original pieces are in Box 10, Folder 42.

Series 7, Oversize Material, contains oversize material including oversize photographs, published material, certificates, and a scrapbook.

Series 8, Eleanor Risley Material, contains materials pertaining to Eleanor de la Verge Risley, cousin of Louis Freund. Included is correspondence dating from 1935 to 1941, personal photographs, family photographs, and examples of her literary work. Included is a poem entitled "The Evening Star" and the foreword and a draft of Chapter IV of the manuscript of Sheep's Wall.