This series, contains correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, by-laws, articles of incorporation, personnel records, press releases, publications, and financial records. This material dates from 1971-90. These documents relate to the history of Word Works and specifically history about Joaquin Miller and The Joaquin Miller Cabin. The biographies are for the staff who ran Word Works, including its Board of Directors. The meeting agendas and minutes are for the Board of Directors. The financial records include documents that detail the grants received by Word Works, and various tax and budget forms.

This series contains programs and announcement flyers for events, poems, lists of poets scheduled to read at events such as the Joaquin Miller Cabin Poetry Series and Poet's Jam Events, correspondence, and award recipients and the submitted poems entered in the Washington Prize and the Writers' Center Events. The material dates from1978-90.

This series contains copies of publications and manuscripts of submissions to these publications, along with reviews of these publications. Also included in this series is much of the preliminary work to the anthology, "Whose Woods These Are." Lastly, a list of contributors biographies, publishers and books in print, along with the unpublished works can be found in this series.

This series contains photographs, cassette tapes, a videotape, and artifacts. The photographs are from various poetry readings and publication parties. The cassettes are from various poetry readings. There is also a videotape of the "Whose Woods These Are" publication party. The artifact is is the key to the Joaquin Miller Cabin in Rock Creek Park. These materials date from 1980-89.

This series contains camera-ready art, the text and book jacket of "Whose Woods These Are" and an address list.