The Elmer Ward Family collection is comprised of some documents and mostly photographs. The documents all have to do with a White House Conference called "To Fufill these Rights" that took place in June of 1966. These range from press releases, conference notes, memorandums to statements by organizations such as core and the Department of Justice.

The Photographs document the life of the Ward and O'Dell Family. Dr. Elmer Ward was the owner and operator of the Economy Drug Store in Overtown. His wife Anna Belle O'Dell Ward is also featured prominently along with their family and friends. These photos depict various aspects of their life from their home, to vacations at Virginia Key Beach, St. Francis, as well as photos of the Economy Drug Store and Roosevelt Savings.

This collection was organized into two series. The first series is the White House Conference Documents. The second series is photographs.

The documents were arranged by form of material, with like documents set together. The Photographs were arranged by the donator and were kept as such with no changes.