Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares.

Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks have a wealth of material available. The collection is particularly strong in material related to Awbury Park. Burholme Park, Fernhill Park, Franklin Square, Eastwick Park, Hunting Park, Pastorius Park, Penn Treaty Park, and Washington Square. Specific areas of note include Awbury Arboretum, the Burholme Mansion, Logan House, and the Rittenhouse Square Guard House. Also included are documents relating to Roosevelt Boulevard and the Vine Street Expressway, as they are under the jurisdication of the Fairmount Park Commission.

Within the collection are variety of materials, roughly 99% of which are maps, drawings, or plans. There is a very limited number of correspondence directly relating to materials which have been arranged accordingly to preserve their relationship. The documents are largely printed on paper, mylar or linen, and range from pencil sketches to blueprints and bluelines. Size varies from legal-sized documents to large, oversized items.