One original letter has been removed from folder 2 and folder 5, and placed in Reserve. A photocopied version is available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the original must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the item if being used.

The Sherman P. Lloyd papers are mainly comprised of items relating to the congressman's work in the eighty-eighth, ninetieth, ninety-first, and ninety-second congresses. The collection is organized in four sections, with each containing materials compiled during one of Lloyd's congressional terms. The collection also includes scrapbooks, journals and an oral history of Lloyd and his family.