The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, printed material, and audiovisual materials documenting the lives of Lance Loud and the Loud family. Lance Loud papers consist of correspondence, personal papers, personal objects including Loud's professional and personal contact files, clippings, and other papers and include materials relating to his band the Mumps. Loud family papers document their involvement in the television documentary An American Family, its reception and subsequent follow-ups, and the 2011 television movie Cinema Verite based on the series. Photographs consist of family pictures. Audiovisual materials include home videos, tributes to Lance Loud, audio recordings of the Mumps, and video recordings of television programs related to An American Family. The 2015 acquisitions include photograph albums and scrapbooks pertaining to Bill Loud and Pat Loud; and books by art critic Mario Amaya.