The Realia series is divided into two sub-series: Visual Materials and Objects, with the Visual Materials sub-series further divided into two sub-sub-series: Albums and Photographs.This series includes loose photographs, color slides, photo albums and scrapbooks as well as physical materials such as a wooden lectern made by Rackham students and a pin and tie tack from the Shaanxi Institute of Education. Materials in the Realia series are arranged chronologically, except in the Photographs sub-series, which are arranged by subject.