This series is divided into four subseries: (1) articles (organized by decade); (2) published manuscripts; (3) unpublished manuscripts; and (4) correspondence.
The first subseries contains copies of most of the nearly forty articles produced by Link over the course of fifty years. Although almost all of the articles fit into the category of American social history, many deal with Link's particular interest: the social ethics of American and Canadian physicians. Consequently, the subjects of Link's articles are often socially active and humanitarian minded physicians like Abraham and Mary Jacobi, the Barton brothers, Jonathan Knight, Elizabeth Blackwell, Harvey Cushing, the Mayo Family, and Norman Bethune.
The second subseries contains the texts of six manuscripts that were published from 1940-90. Once again, the major theme of the humanitarian impulse within the American medical profession is most prominent.
The third subseries deals with unpublished manuscripts. Two of these are concerned with marriage and the family (a popular interest of both Dr. and Mrs. Link in the late 1940s and early 1950s). Various miscellaneous writings of Link (poems, funeral eulogies, etc.) can be found in this subseries as well.
The final subseries contains the lengthy correspondence that Link produced in his effort to get his writings published. Although this correspondence largely parallels and elaborates the subseries on articles and published manuscripts, two folders relate specifically to Link's communications with various individuals in the American medical profession and provide insight into how Link gathered research material on some of his most significant writings.