Series I: Organization, circa 1950-1986, documents the history of the New York City Central Labor Council, its predecessor organizations, Council elections, Council committees, in addition to affiliated conventions and conferences. The Black Trade Unionists Leadership Committee and the Hispanic Labor Committee are well documented in this series.

Series II: Affiliates, 1965-1977, contains photographs of organizations with whom the New York City Central Labor Council collaborated over a period of twelve years. This series includes photographic documentation of Actors Equity and the Transport Workers Union, among others.

Series III: Services, 1964-1982, documents various enrichment programs which were either led by the New York City Central Labor Council or developed out of collaboration with other institutions. This series contains photographs of educational programs, camps, as well as social and community services.

Series IV: Events, 1963-1982, contains photographs of annual New York City Central Labor Council events and distributed awards. Areas of strength include documentation of the Council's Community Service Institute and Civil Rights Conference, in addition to more prominent occasions such as the Labor Day Street Fair and Abraham Lincoln Birthday Dinner. Awards distributed on behalf of the Council are also well documented in this series.

Series V: Chronological, 1940s-1990s, is composed of general photographs accumulated by the New York City Central Labor Council over a period of approximately fifty years.

Series VI: Portraits/Individuals, undated, contains nearly comprehensive photographic documentation of New York City Central Labor Council's leadership and honorees. This series is organized into individual folders for particularly prominent and/or well-documented people, and also an alphabetic sequence ordered by surname for lesser-known individuals.

Series VII: Parades, 1948-1997, documents the New York City Easter Parade, Labor Day Parade, May Day Parade, and Solidarity Day Parade. A majority of the photographs contained within this series are of the Labor Day Parade in its various manifestations between the 1960s and early 1990s.

Series VIII: Demonstrations, 1965-1984, is comprised of photographic documentation of demonstrations led by numerous organizations or agencies in New York City. Particularly well-represented in this series are demonstrations by the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, The National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians, and the Transport Workers Union, among others.

Series IX: Electoral Politics, 1949-1978, documents the New York City Central Labor Council's multiple registration drives as well as its participation in political campaigns of varied scale, most notably that of President Jimmy Carter.

Series X: Community Services, 1963-1977, documents the activities of the New York City Central Labor Council's Community Services Committee. The Community Services Committee, founded in 1953, achieved many of its goals through the formation of various subcommittees, such as the Subcommittee on Aging and the Rehabilitation Council. Under a grant from the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Rehabilitation Council was formed in 1963, and has come to be known as the "Social Service Arm of the Trade Union Movement."

Series XI: Other Organizations, 1962-1979, contains photographic documentation of various groups with which the Central Labor Council had cause to interact. Included in this series are photographs of a convention held by the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; the National Committee for Labor Israel; and the Union Label and Service Trades. Particularly well-represented in this series are the United Farm Workers.

Series XII: Copy Negatives, 1981-1983, contains negatives of photographs shot at the New York City Labor Day Parade, as well as the negatives from several portraits of Central Labor Council leaders.