This collection houses materials documenting Peggy Bach's scholarly work. The beginning of the collection focuses on Bach’s unfinished biography of Evelyn Scott and includes such research material as photocopies of Scott's personal and professional letters, Bach's correspondence with persons who knew Scott, and Bach's research notebooks. Also included are manuscript copies of ten completed chapters (including notations from both Bach and David Madden) and correspondence documenting Bach and Madden's efforts to secure a publisher for the biography.

The collection also includes materials that Bach used to write her scholarly essays. These materials document Bach's first published poem, "Enter Stage Left," her radio programs regarding Evelyn Scott, her essay "The Wave: Evelyn Scott's Civil War," and her work with Austin Peay State University's Evelyn Scott/Caroline Gordon Symposium.