The series contains records relating to Alfred Dernier Barone, dating from 1922 to the late 2000s. It includes materials related to his childhood, such as birth and baptismal certificates and programs from performances in which he participated in the early 1930s that were put on by the Gwen Nottage Studio of Stage Dancing on Flatbush Avenue. Also present are materials relating to his education, such as diplomas, yearbook(s), graduation programs, and transcripts. The collection documents his U.S. Army service and includes items and records such as his U.S. Army uniform, military orders, induction and separation papers, and annotated paratroop training documents from Fort Benning, Georgia. Also included is correspondence with his father, Dr. Melchisedech Barone, written during the 1940s, a few personal photographs, and two high school yearbooks and obituary of Alfred's wife, Shirley Lawson.