Nuu-chah-nulth language recordings, primarily consisting of elicitation of sentences with discussion of word order and grammar. Also includes one brief story told in Nuu-chah-nulth and English. Recorded at Vancouver, Victoria, and Ucluelet, British Columbia in October 2004 on cassette tapes and later transferred by the collector to 5-inch sound tape reels.

Ho-Chunk songs and stories, primarily given in Ho-Chunk only. Includes stories on a variety of topics, including traditional stories, historical events, and discussions of ceremonies and traditional lifeways. Also includes linguistic elicitations sessions for words and phrases, as well as re-readings of Ho-Chunk texts published by Paul Radin. Most of the recordings contains a continuous background hum. Copies made by Gerd Fraenkel of his own original tapes held at the Archives of Languages of the World, Indiana University.

Recorded by Anthony Wallace in 1948 and 1949 at the Tuscarora Reservation in Niagara County, New York. Contains folkloric stories, tribal histories (especially relating to the 18th and 19th centuries), autobiographical stories, reminiscences, word lists, and descriptions of tribal government, organizations, and customs. Almost all stories are given in both Tuscarora and English. Originally recorded on 16 wire spools, transfered to open reel tape in 1950.

The papers contain correspondence, research and teaching notes, data (card and slip) files, published and unpublished manuscripts by Lounsbury and others, books and reprints, sound recordings, and computer programs and files. Correspondents include: William N. Fenton, Mary R. Haas, William C. Sturtevant, Morris Swadesh, and Carl F. Voegelin. Roughly one-quarter of the collection relates to Iroquoian languages and includes much WPA Oneida Project material. Research into the Cherokee language, South American languages, and kinship structures is also well represented. Floyd Lounsbury's wife, Masako Yokoyama Lounsbury, is represented by a smaller amount of material relating to linguistic research in Shanghai and research on Quechua.