Collection contains research material, drafts (manuscript and typescript), correspondence, and reviews of Stodelle's published works on Doris Humphrey and Martha Graham (The dance technique of Doris Humphrey; Deep song: the dance story of Martha Graham); copies of Stodelle's earlier writings, including articles in the New Haven Register.

Contains full musical score and parts for two ballets by Halim El-Dabh's, Lucifer and A Look at Lightening, both commissioned and choreographed by Martha Graham.