The records in this collection were in no apparent order when received. The bulk of the materials were originally in folders, during processing they were reorganized chronologically within their original grouping and placed in new folders.

The folders containing records associated with the governance of the I.H.E.A are located in Box 1, Folders 1-6 and include officer and committee lists, committee reports, special project reports, financial reports, constitutions, bylaws, bylaw revision proposals, and directories. The I.H.E.A.’s administrative materials are located in Box 1, Folders 7-19 and include newsletters, membership lists, membership summaries for Idaho, correspondence, awards received by the I.H.E.A., programs of work, mission statements, pamphlets, handouts, and an administrative assistant job description. Materials associated with the I.H.E.A.’s meetings and conferences are located in Box 1, Folders 20-26 and include meeting minutes, annual meeting programs, convention programs, correspondence, agendas, registration forms, a convention ribbon, newspaper clippings, and expense receipts.

The materials collected by I.H.E.A. historian Norma Barnes for the purpose of writing a history were donated back to the I.H.E.A. by Barnes in February 1977. Located in Box 2, Folders 1-2 they include: meeting minutes, budget reports, agendas, financial reports, correspondence, officer and appointee lists, handbooks, and newsletters. The materials collected by I.H.E.A. historian Florence Aller for the completion of the history initiated by Barnes are located in Box 2, Folder 3 and include pictures, negatives, and correspondence. American Home Economics Association materials are located in Box 2, Folders 4-5 and include official handbooks, supplements, reports, and a press kit. All duplicate documents were placed in a single folder at the end of the collection, in Box 2, Folder 6, for future exhibition.

The IHEA History scrapbook (UA 2013-06) was added to this collection in 2023 by Sara Szobody. It was removed from it's metal 3-ring binder but all papers and photographs were left in original order.