The collection consists of secondary source material related to the life and activities of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran theologian, professor, and participant in the German resistance movement. Mostly comprised of papers written for conferences of the American Academy of Religion and the International Bonhoeffer Society, along with conference brochures, correspondence, and attendee lists. Also includes: journal articles; seminar papers; dissertations; newspaper clippings; a videotape of conference presentations; and a variety of texts and/or recorded performances constituting artistic tributes to Bonhoeffer, including an opera, concerts, plays, and poetry.

Includes letters; addresses; articles related to American tours in 1936, 1950, and 1954; correspondence; interviews; clippings; and programs related to his peace mission in America in 1941.

Patricia Donohue was a singer-actor in Binghamton, New York, who was involved in numerous community opera and theater productions. The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, reviews, and other publicity material related to Patricia Donohue Day [1999] and Donohue's performances of three one-woman plays (The Belle of Amherst, Dorothy Day, and Solo Flight), as well as videotaped performances of these plays and an oral history.

The Re-imagining Community was a grassroots, ecumenical movement (centered in Minneapolis, Minnesota) that was organized to challenge what it saw as a patriarchal church hierarchy, promoting justice and equality in the church and society as a whole. The collection contains newsletters and other publications, audio recordings of annual conferences and video recordings of responses to the 1993 conference, records relating to the planning of the annual conferences, and administrative records of the organization.