The Harman Hawkins Collection, comprising a total of 58 document boxes, contains information relative to the United States Racing Union (USYRU), the United States Sailing Association (USSA), the International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU), and the United States Sailing Foundation.

The USYRU and USSA Appeals Committee Appeal Cases comprise the first group of papers, those filed in boxes 1 through 22. The Appeals Cases are boxes together by year, within which they are filed numerically: Box 1 begins the USYRU series; Box 20 begins the USSA series.

The USYRU Rules Committee Papers, for the years 1981-1990, are contained in Boxes 23 through 33. The papers are grouped together by year, with individual folders for separate committee activities.

The USYRU Racing Rules, 1-75 (with several omissions) are arranged numerically in Box 34.

The Appeals Committee papers, ie agendas, dockets, and other general information, arranged alphabetically by folder title, are contained in Boxes 37- 41.

Correspondence and papers, ca. 1945-1988, of the Canvas Hangers, a United States Coast Guard association, of which Mr. Hawkins was a member, are found in Box 42

USCG logbooks, a total of 13 volumes for the years 1942-1945, are filed chronologically and contained in Box 43.

An additional gift of related material was donated and added to the collection in November of 1996. These documents, found in Boxes 44-53, are arranged in the same order as the previous papers; USYRU papers first, followed by USSA documents, which are then followed by IYRU papers. A new addition to the collection, the papers of the United States Sailing Foundation, end the Collection.