The Printed Materials series is primarily composed of published or widely disseminated material collected by Beauford Delaney, often in the normal course of living. The materials are arranged by format into five subseries: Exhibition Records (1930-1978) which like the next subseries, documents Delaney’s career as well as his friends and associates; Press Clippings (1930-1972, undated): stand-alone articles arranged by subject, then language; Ephemera (1948-1975, undated), includes magazine pages and other material pertaining to daily life, large and small events, travel, and art; Publications (1954-1979), which includes periodicals and books; and Oversized, which contains some larger press clippings, gallery and other larger-format materials.