The Black Alumni Association Collection presents a varied assortment of articles sourced from the University of New Mexico's student newspaper, the Daily Lobo, highlighting the challenges, accomplishments, and contributions of Black students during their time at the university, spanning from the 1940s to the 1970s with the bulk of the collection concentrated in the 1960s and 1970s.

The collection contains pamphlets published by the Communist Party, U.S.A., Communist Party, Soviet Union, various Socialist parties, and radical presses in the U.S. and abroad. Some pamphlet covers and descriptions can be viewed in New Mexico Digital Collections.