The first three folders in this collection remain with original organization intact. The first folder contains the 1931 Volunteer Symbol Competition Program as presented by the University of Tennessee’s All-Student’s Club. Inside, a short paragraph on the meaning of the Volunteer Symbol and a page on the conditions of the competition are found. The second folder contains mixed materials relating to the history of the Torchbearer. The third folder contains entry blanks for voting in the Volunteer Symbol competition, as well as correspondence, rough drafts, and regulation materials directly related to the competition and use of the symbol following the competition.

Folders 5-38 contain correspondence sorted by decade and organized chronologically within by month and year of the decade. Correspondence in the 1920s is primarily concerned with the planning of the Volunteer Symbol Competition. In the 1930s, correspondence covers a broad range of topics that can be categorized as relating to the competition itself, the resulting usage of the symbol, quote requests to foundries for creating the larger model of the Torchbearer, quotes for creation of smaller Torchbearer replicas for sale, and requests and receipts for these smaller models upon creation. Correspondence in the 1940s and '50s is centered upon inquiries for quotes regarding the price of creating the larger statue. In the 1960s correspondence is still yet focused on price inquiries, finally resulting in the creation of the statue. It ends with correspondence related to the unveiling of the Torchbearer.

The final folder in this collection contains other, undated materials relating to the Torchbearer. This folder contains various pictures, posters, and cutouts of the Torchbearer, many drafts of interpretations and articles relating to the Torchbearer, and some papers merely scrawled with price estimations, dimensions, directions, or notes.