The R. Frank Atwood papers are organized in accordance with the following series and subseries arrangement:

Series I. Legislative Career 1958-1977

Subseries 1. Senatorial Committees 1961-1975
Subseries 2. Advisory Committees, Councils & Task Forces 1958-1974
Subseries 3. Legislative Information ca. 1961-1977

Series II. Campaigns and Elections 1962-1988
Series III. Correspondence 1962-1975

Subseries 1. Constituency Mail 1965-1975
Subseries 2. Political Mail 1962-1974
Subseries 3. Mail By Subject 1963-1974
Subseries 4. Personal and Legal Correspondence 1965-1967

Series IV. Professional and Charitable Associations 1967-1975
Series V. Ephemera ca. 1970s