The CDR Records contain correspondence, publications, newspapers, articles, newsletters, notes, financial records, brochures, audio-visual material, books, programs, grant proposals, photographs, reports, and ephemera.

The box inventories list a folder title only once; there may be multiple folders for one title. The majority of the collection's dates are between 1979-2008, with some 1960s and 1970s material in the Research series.

Daniel Levitas Papers consist of 67 linear feet of material. The bulk of the collection, which spans the years 1965 to 2010, consists of Manuscripts, Correspondence, Publications, Newspapers, Articles, Newsletters, Notes, Financial Records, Posters, Brochures, Video Materials, Audio Cassettes, DVD Material, Books, Programs, Hate Crime Cases, Reports, and Ephemera.

Series II, Development and Fundraising, documents the philanthropic organizations the CDR obtained or attempted to obtain grants from to fund the organization. Folders include correspondence and grant proposals from the CDR as well as the granting agencies annual reports and other publications.