This series contains minutes of the monthly and annual meetings of the Board of Directors (also known as the Board of Managers) of the New York Exchange for Woman's Work. Also included are Annual Reports, minutes of subcommittees, and Annual Reports to the Federation of Woman's Exchanges.

This series contains materials relating to the status of the Exchange as a not-for-profit corporation organized and existing under the laws of New York State.

This series contains financial records of the Exchange, including materials relating to investments, taxes, accounting, and inventory. The series is divided into six subseries.

This series contains documents related to properties owned and leased by the Exchange. Included are mortgage agreements, leases, invoices for repairs, renovations, and rent, insurance policies, and related correspondence.

This series contains letters written to and from the Board of Directors of the Exchange. Included are letters of resignation from Board members and staff, as well as letters from customers and donors. The materials are arranged chronologically.

This series contains menus from the Exchange Restaurant, cookbooks published by the Exchange and by other philanthropic organizations, and collections of recipes.

This series contains pamphlets and magazines published by the Exchange. Also included are materials which the staff used to generate ideas for issues of the Exchange Revue, and artwork which was used in the magazine.

This series contains advertising and public relations materials, as well as clippings, promotional materials, and business-related ephemera. It is divided into four subseries.

This series contains materials relating to various fundraising activities of the Exchange, including the annual appeal and theater benefit, as well as in-store events.

This series contains photographs of the interior and exterior of the Exchange shops, Restaurant, and offices at 539-541 Madison Avenue, 660 Madison Avenue, 1095 Third Avenue, and 149 East 60th Street. Many of the photographs depict the merchandise for sale at the Exchange. There are also photographs of board members, employees, and customers. In addition, there is a VHS cassette featuring a 1990 episode of "What It Takes," a local television program featuring the Executive Director of the Exchange, Catherine Dinehart.

This series contains information collected by the Exchange about its own historical development. It also includes a dissertation entitled "'Not A Lady Among Us': Entrepreneurial Philanthropy and Economic Independence as Expressed Through the Woman's Exchange Movement, 1832-1900," written by Kathleen Waters Sander on woman's exchanges in the United States (including the New York Exchange for Woman's Work), as well as correspondence relating to a book (The Business of Charity: The Woman's Exchange Movement, 1832-1900) written by Sander on the same topic.

This series contains pamphlets created by other woman's exchanges, including the Peña-Peck House, the Baltimore Woman's Industrial Exchange, and the St. Louis Woman's Exchange. It also contains materials published by the Federation of Woman's Exchanges.

This series contains a number of matted photographs, advertisements, menus, and clippings which were used as part of an in-store exhibit, as well as framed photographs and other materials which were used to decorate the store.