Series I: Personal Papers 1949-1971; undated
Wallet- contains House's drivers license, Navy active duty card, Ralph cashing courtesy card, Southern California Edison employee ID card, and photographs of presumably family members 1960s-1970s; undated
Report Cards- Oakland Public Schools; San Jose Elementary Schools; Lincoln High School 1949-1958
Gymnastics- Varsity Letters; ribbon; certificates 1955, 1957, 1958; undated
Gymnastics- photographs of House competing, and of the gymnastics team; and photograph of House with presumably his high school classmates circa late 1950s
certificates and diplomas- San Jose School Safety Patrol traffic officer honorable discharge; Abraham Lincoln attendance award; junior high school and high school diplomas; United States Naval Reserve certificate of acceptance 1952, 1955, 1958
invitation for Willie Frances Flournoy Gadsden high school graduation; caricature by Alfredo Ortiz; empty envelopes addressed to Willie L. Jackson and Mary Louise House 1958; undated
correspondence, articles, and other material related to Nation of Islam teachings and Muhammad's Mosque No. 2 1961-1962
lettergrams and correspondence regarding custodial services at Whittier Health Center during House's employment as a custodian 1962-1964
Los Angeles Trade Technical College- grade reports, membership cards for electrician's association, certificate of completion for Electrical Construction and Maintenance 1963-1964
Electrician employment and schooling documents- Square D Company checks, employment status and termination, wage record; Southern California Edison certificates of completion, certification card, photographs, news clipping 1965-1969
Koch Brothers Trading Post receipts 1967-1968
Photographs- mostly portrait photographs of infants, Melvin House, and presumably friends and family of House's 1951-1970; undated
Photographs taken presumably during Navy reserves; electrician jobs; and other employment sites 1959; undated
Series II: Articles, Pamphlets, and Clippings 1929-1970; undated
"How The Gods Were Made (A Study in Historical Materialism)" by John Keracher 1929
Salaam, Vol. 1, No. 1 July 1960
The Crusader, Robert F. Williams, Publisher. Vol. 5, No. 4 May-June 1964
documents produced by the Afro-American Student Movement entitled "Chairman Mao's Historic Statement", and "American Negroes" by the Vietnam Women's Union June 4, 1963; September 1964
articles related to revolutionary nationalism entitled "Revolutionary Nationalism and the Afroamerican Student"; "The Four Best Speeches of Malcolm X"; and "The Los Angeles War Cry 'Burn, Baby, Burn'" published by RAM Black Liberation Front of the U.S.A. circa 1964; undated
Self Help News Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 9; Vol. 2, No. 1. Published in the office of the Self Determination Committee, Los Angeles, California August 14, 1965; July 9, 1966
"We Accuse. Bill Epton Speaks to the Court" published by the Progressive Labor Party [booklet] February 2, 1966
Unity Voice, Vol. 1, No. 3 February-March 1966
"Statement by Afroamerican on the Draft" by Harold Robinson and Ernest Allen co-chairmen Afroamerican for Freedom April 14, 1966
I. F. Stone's Weekly, Vol. XIV, No. 17 May 16, 1966
Message to the Grassroots, Vol. 1, No. 1 May 21, 1966
"The Hard Line", Vol. 4, No. 7 and 8 September 1 1967; September 29, 1967
"Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice" [booklet] July 1968
Defiant Investment Association- article of incorporation; memorandums addressed to Lester Arrington 1969
Mayor elect Douglas Dollarhide, program [1969]
L.A. Free Press Living Arts, part two June 5, 1970
"Religion is a Gigantic Fraud" by James Hervey Johnson, The Thinkers Club; "Intelligence" by Llewelyn Hughes undated
Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (Amore) welcome packet. Includes House's membership card. undated
"Poison Oak" K.H. Sutherland, M.D. Health Officer (two copies) undated