This series is arranged into seven subdivisions by type of material--essays, novels, plays, poems, reports, shorts stories, and talks. These subdivisions are arranged alphabetically, and except for the poetry file which is arranged chronologically, the folders and materials within them are arranged alphabetically by title. The essays file contains critical essays, published and unpublished, written between the mid 1920s and 1930s. The novels file contains typescripts and manuscripts of published and unpublished novels from 1924 to 1932, including Georgie May,Crazy Man,Six A.M., and Sixty Seconds. The plays file includes manuscripts and typescripts of various plays by Bodenheim, all of which are unpublished. The poems file contains manuscripts and typescripts of poem drafts and translations written between 1917 and the 1930s. Included are poems for Minna and Myself and poems from the unpublished collection Tenderly. The reports subseries contains drafts of undated reports by Bodenheim on Fyodor Dostoevsky and Karl Wasserman. The short stories file is made up of manuscripts and typescripts of 3 undated short stories--"Alarm Clock", "Paris Negro", and "The Silver Locket." The talks file contains Bodenheim's text for several undated talks and discussions.