Series contains a transcription of the “journal” that John Roberts mailed home to his father describing the day-to-day experience of the trip, items saved as souvenirs from the trip, many of the items are pasted onto cardstock for a scrapbook, and correspondence related to the trip to the Middle East, some letters and telegrams have been pasted onto cardstock and were a part of the scrap book.

Series contains correspondence between Clay Ballou and John Roberts, Lowell Thomas, postcards to the wife of John Roberts, and other correspondence, including government communications. In addition, the series contains the journal entries John Roberts would mail home as part of his letters to his father or friends.

Series contains materials related to the production of travel films. This includes film proposals, scene outlines, a script for the “Near East” film production, promotional materials for the travel programs, and travel film booklets.

Series contains materials that were published that pertain to John Roberts or Lowell Thomas. This includes advertisements that John Roberts was the photographer for, and newspaper clippings. The newspaper clippings consists of both original clippings and photocopies of clippings

Series contains materials about John Roberts, including biographical notes and partial memoir started by John Roberts, obituaries for John Roberts, and John Roberts’ passports.

Series six is divided into three subseries: 6.1 Photos of Lowell Thomas, 6.2 Career Photographs, and 6.3 Personal Photographs.

Series contains a biographical sketch of Lowell Thomas, travel brochure items, materials from a song John Roberts wrote, and album pages from an 1888 souvenir book.