The collection consists of three scrapbooks of clippings relating to the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, dating from 1971-1974.

The collection contains briefing materials for the third meeting of the KIE's International Advisory Board. The binder belonged to Paul B. Cornely.

Papers and digital records documenting the career of Loretta Kopelman, including her master's thesis, her dissertation, course syllabi for medical humanities courses taught at East Carolina University (courses include Women's Studies and Literature and Medicine), an extensive collection of her published works (digital), and her CV (digital).

The collection contains documents related to U.S. bioethics commissions and other federal agencies that belonged to Barbara F. Mishkin. This includes the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, the Ethics Advisory Board, the President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research Records, and the Office of Technology Assessment.

Papers of John C. Moskop, including reprints of scholarly articles and book chapters, lecture files and slide presentations, and course syllabi. It also includes Moskop's curriculum vitae and one video recording titled "Advance Care Planning, Taking Control of Your End-of-Life Care" (2008).

The collection consist of the handbook for members of the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council (1972).

The National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) was established by President Bill Clinton in October 1995. This collection contains meeting materials and reports produced by NBAC, as well as the Commission's website.

The collection documents 43 meetings of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research held between 1974 and 1978 and includes briefing books, subject files, and transcripts from these meetings. The Executive’s Branch of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare established the group in 1974 and it is considered one of the first modern bioethics commissions.

The collection consists of records related to the National Heart Transplantation Study, including the project proposal, advisory committee meeting minutes, a description of the study (with selected readings), published updates, questionnaires, and forms. It also includes forms related to the National Kidney Dialysis and Transplantation Study.

The collection contains transcripts of the meetings held by the State of New Jersey Commission on Legal and Ethical Problems in the Delivery of Health Care, dating from 1986 to 1992. Many of these meetings were held as public hearings as part of different ad hoc working groups looking at specific issues such as living wills and new reproductive technologies.

The Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics Records consist of conference, meeting, event files, reports, and other materials which document the cemter's mission of conducting teaching, conducting research, and providing consultation in clinical ethics.

The collection contains the papers of Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, dating from 1943 to 2017. It primarily documents his contributions to the field of bioethics, particuarly as an educator and administrator at Georgetown University.

The collection contains materials for the NIH's Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Human Subject Research course. It includes the syllabus and the readings for the course. The course was presented by the the NIH's Department of Clinical Bioethics at the Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center from October-November 2002.

The collection consists of records of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Ethics Advisory Board, which existed from 1978 to 1979.