The Drama/Theatre for the Young collection contains information on alumni; awards; faculty; productions, both mainstage and touring; financial records; student projects; and program administration for the Applied Drama and Theatre for the Young (ADTY) program which offers courses to undergraduate and graduate students within the Department of Communication, Media & Theatre Arts in the College of Arts and Sciences at Eastern Michigan University.

The collection is arranged alphabetically and is divided into eight series. Records date from 1962 to 2012. It is a comprehensive but not complete record of the programs.

The eight series in the collection are: Alumni Files; Award Nominations; Faculty and Lecturer Files; Grant Applications; Production Files; Professional and Community Engagement; Program Administration, and Visual and Audio Materials. The Alumni Files series includes subseries of Graduates A-L and Graduates M-Z. The Faculty series includes five subseries that documents the work of the full time faculty members and are listed in alphabetical order, with their years of employment with the university listed after their names. Christine Tanner who has been a member of the ADTY faculty since is not documented in the Faculty Files series, her work can be found in the touring production files for The Bully Show.

The Production Files series includes three subseries of Mainstage Productions, Touring Productions and Classroom Performances which includes thank you notes from classrooms. The production files are listed alphabetically and in some instances include materials from different years of the same play. Some productions include director's notes, programs, and preparatory materials for educators like study guides and activities; others many only have one of these aforementioned examples.

The Professional Engagement and Outreach series has four subseries: Conferences Attended, Conferences Hosted, Special Events and Professional Organizations. Which includes writings from faculty and adjuncts, programs, schedules, and planning documents. The Program Administration series has six subseries: Financial Records, Marketing Materials, Program Review, Research and Historical Files, Publications, Student Work and Organizations. The Student work subseries includes final projects, theses, and other graduate assistant projects. There is some overlap in this series with the Alumni files. The Visual and Audio Materials series is organized by format and includes cassette tapes, photographs, negatives, and slides. Most of these materials have not been identified but have been rehoused.

Overall, the collection provides documentation of the development of both the field of drama and theatre for young and intergenerational audiences, as well as the degree program at Eastern Michigan University. The faculty documented in the collection and their varied interests in applied drama and theatre are not only a good representation of the field but also the changing nature and understanding of the application of drama and theatre. Students in the program not only came to Eastern Michigan with varied interests and talents but have gone on apply the knowledge gained in the program in a variety of ways, as documented in the alumni files in addition to their connection with faculty advisors whom many remained in close contact with over the years.