Materials in this collection date from 1947-1991, with the bulk of the collection from the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of these papers pertain to the office of the president. Up until the late 1960s, materials deemed of historical value were donated to the Tennessee State Archives in Nashville. A copy of the guide to those papers is in located in Box 4, Folder 7 (TLN Historical Source Committee).

Series I: Tennessee League of Nursing Materials (Boxes 1-4) contains information on annual reports and conventions, Board of Directors meeting minutes, correspondence, bylaws, individual TLN chapters, and papers related to various TLN committees. Series II: Materials from Associated Organizations (Boxes 5-6) contains papers and records of associated organizations, particularly the National League of Nursing and the Southern Regional Assembly of Constituent Leagues for Nursing.