The InterCollegiate Yacht Racing Association Archives currently consists of 90 document boxes containing approximately 40,000 pieces, and 19 volumes. Beginning in 1940, these records detail the organizational procedures, races and regattas of the ICYRA and its regional associations. The records are grouped by region, beginning with the parent organization (the ICYRA). These are arranged in order of their incorporation. There are additional sections for newsletters, and histories of the ICYRA and collegiate sailing.

The sections are arranged as follows:

Section A: InterCollegiate Yacht Racing Association (ICYRA)

Section B: New England Intercollegiate Association (NEISA)

Section C: New England Women's Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEWISA)

Section D: Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (MAISA)

Section E: Middle Atlantic Association of Women Sailors (MAAWS)

Section F: Pacific Coast InterCollegiate Yacht Racing Association (PCICYRA)

Section G: MidWest Collegiate Sailing Association (MWCSA)

Section H: South East Intercollegiate Sailing Association (SEISA)

Section I: NorthWest InterCollegiate Yacht Racing Association (NWICYRA)

Section J: South Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (SAISA)

Section K: Canadian InterCollegiate Yacht Racing Association CICYRA)

Section L: Regional Association Newsletters

Section M: Lester Rhoads, A Study of Collegiate Sailing in the United States

Section N: J. Rousmaniere and his "History of the ICYRA"

Volumes 1-19: Scrapbooks of press releases and related information from October 1942-May 1972.

Due to differences in the size and record-keeping habits of the regional associations, there are inconsistencies in the scope and level of detail of the records in each section. Even within a regional group, the records of one year may be far more comprehensive than those of a subsequent year. In each section most of the records are grouped with like records, and arranged chronologically within that group (ie. all the bulletins for NEISA are in one box and in chronological order).

As more records are added to this collection, they are filed at the end of each appropriate section, (i.e. A-N).