This series consists of two folders that pertain to documents containing historical information about the club's infrastructure and policies as well as the articles on the history of the club and its members. The second folder, Constitution, houses the Constitution and the club's various resolutions.

The correspondence series, which consists of seven folders, is the second largest series in this collection. The folders are either divided by the year or by the person who generated and received the correspondence. The correspondence includes letters, memoranda, e-mail, and miscellaneous documents relating to correspondence. The first folder, 1947 and 1969 contains invitations to John T. Caldwell, Chancellor, North Carolina State University, 1959 to 1975. The contents are arranged chronologically by year. The second folder 1978, 1982, 1990 contains correspndence between club members and a paper entitled "The Abortion and School Prayer Bills in Congress". The contents are arranged chronologically by year. The third folder, 1991, includes correspondence between club members and resumes of potential new members. The contents are arranged chronologically by year. 1992, the fourth folder, contains interclub correspondence and a biographical sketch of a potential new members. The last folder, Garrett Briggs, contains correspondence of Garrett Briggs, former president of Peace College and of the Watauga Club.

The collection's largest series consists of 19 folders and a record book. The record book contqains minutes recorded by the secretary from the monthly club meetings during 1897 to 1902. The entries are in chronological order. Each folder contains the minutes from monthly meetings. Correspondence between the members in each folder pertains to monthly meetings, the status of membership, potential new members, guest speakers, and discussion topics. Included are letters, memoranda, invitations, and e-mails. The documents in each folder pertain to the discussion topics of the monthly meetings and include papers, addresses, speeches, handouts, pamphlets, leaflets, and booklets. There are also newspaper and magazine articles about members and topics that were discussed at the monthly meetings. Miscellaneous documents in this series include maps, ballots, newsletters, membership lists, menus, charts, playbills, and meeting notes. The sixteenth folder, 1996, contains, among other material previously mentioned, a patch from NASA, which was a topic of discussion for one of the monthly meetings during that year. The contents of each folder are arranged chronologically.

This series of two folders contains financial documents pertaining to monthly club meetings. The first folder, 1897 - 1902, contains letters, reports, receipts, and invoices that relate to club activities during this time period. The second, 1992, includes documents that pertain to the May 1992 club meeting.

This series of five folders pertain to the lives of club members and the history of the club itself. The folders are either divided by year or by member. The first folder, 1884 -1902, includes the charter membership lists through 1902. The documents are arranged chronologically. The second folder 1986 - 2000 includes membership lists from the respective years and miscellaneous documents relating to the monthly meetings. The next folder, W.J. Peele, contains newspaper articles from the and the that discuss the life and death of Peele, one of the founding members and first president of the club. The last three folders include biographical information, like resumes and curricula vitae, on all the members, including Doris Betts, Garrett Briggs, Frank A. Daniels, Jr., Julius Chambers, Larry K. Monteith, John T. Caldwell, Karl G. Hudson, Jr. and Terry Sanford, during 1995.

This series of two folders includes group pictures taken of the members during the respective years. They are arranged chronologically by year.

This series of five folders pertain to the lives of club members and the history of the club itself. The folders are either divided by subject, by year, or by person. The first folder, Historical Notes, contains two pamphlets pertaining to the history of the Watauga Club from 1884 to 1980. The second folder, John Charles McNeill (1874 - 1907), contains documents of a biographical nature pertaining to McNeill, a renowned North Carolina poet. The third and fourth folders, 1884 - 1927 and 1954 - 1984, contain newspaper and magazine articles, like The , , , , and the , that cover the history of the club, its members, and its educational endeavors. The contents of public education, the fifth folder, a subject the Watauga Club has often discussed, was orginally in a folder and was the topic of numerous meetings. These documents, which include pamphlets, handouts, brochures, and a newspaper article date from 1995.

This series contains documents that pertain to the 100th anniversary of the Watauga Club. The contents of the folder is primarily photographs depicting either several members at the anniversay celebration or in Raleigh at the turn of the century. There is also a script, announcement, and program.