This series includes the minutes of the monthly Board of Managers meetings, as well as annual general meetings, from 1895 through 1988, and 1998. The minutes contain discussions of the current business of the organization, reports of various committees, and upcoming elections. These transcripts also provide details about the death of members, issues related to membership requirements and applications, and planning for events, trips, and fundraising efforts for scholarships. Minutes are divided into two subseries:

Subseries I.A. is comprised of typescripts that are housed in their original binders. The date range is 1895 to 1964.

Subseries I.B. consists of one handwritten minute book documenting meetings from 1904-1911, as well as folders of minutes arranged chronologically. The date range is 1895-1998, and the series includes a mix of handwritten minutes, original typed minutes and photocopies.

This series also contains the Daughters of the Cincinnati annual reports and yearbooks for the years 1898, 1899, 1901, 1908, 1910-11, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1940, and 1969. These reports include financial information, the names of officers, directors and executive staff, and a narrative description of the work performed in that year. The library has a separate collection of Daughters of the Cincinnati yearbooks, including some volumes not found within this collection. These can be requested through the library's online catalogue.

This series includes general organizational records such the application for incorporation, the constitution and by-laws, requirements for membership, histories, registrar book and member lists, scholarship record books, correspondence, and material related to the 1979 book A Salute to Courage. It also includes financial records such as bequests to the organization, deeds and mortgages, and insurance policies.

This series contains invitations and material related to events organized by the Daughters of the Cincinnati, such as trips, cocktail parties, and dinners, in addition to clippings scrapbooks documenting these events.

This series contains snapshots of various events hosted by the Daughters of the Cincinnati, including celebrations, trips and ceremonies from the 1970s through 1990s. The series contains one box of loose photographs, arranged chronologically. Most are dated, and some are captioned. The 1980 Ball with the Sons of the Revolution is particularly well documented. The series also includes two albums which document the organization's Centennial celebrations held in 1994-1995. Handwritten captions identify most of the people pictured in the albums.