The Alvin L. Gittins audio-visual collection consists of 1 film of Gittins painting a portrait, and 8 mini audiocassettes that are undated.

The Alvin L. Gittins papers (1883-1987) contain correspondence, biographical information, news clippings, day books, financial records, travel documents, lecture materials, and drawings related to the personal and professional life of Gittins (1922-1981), a portraitist and teacher.

The Alvin L. Gittins photograph collection consists of portrait photographs used by Alvin Gittins for research in painting portraits, as well as photographs and slides of completed portraits. Included are a large number of art photographs of unidentified persons. Also included are landscape photographs, mostly of areas around Kanab, Utah, and Gittins family photographs.

The Claudia Sisemore independent film collection (1976-1978) consists of documentary films about Utah artists Alvin Gittins, LeConte Stewart and V. Douglas Snow. Sisemore is an artist and teacher as well as a documentary filmmaker, who has filmed over 20 members of Utah's visual and performing arts community. She graduated from the University of Utah in 1976. This collection is part of the Utah Independent Film Archive (UIFA).