Papers include clippings, research files, photographs, artifacts, audio, videos, a framed image of the Great Seal of the United States (which hung in Steely's congressional office in Carrollton from 1979 to 1993), and other materials which document Steely’s long-term work for Newt Gingrich as an administrative aide, campaigner, and biographer, especially regarding the early years of Gingrich’s political career. Also included are files related to Steely’s teaching career.