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This series contains two large bibliographies of Ernest van den Haag's writings. The first bibliography covers his works from 1950-1982. The second includes his writings up to 1998. These bibliographies organize his writings alphabetically by topic and each publication includes an assigned number. These numbers do not reflect a strict, but rather general chronological order (i.e. number one was published in 1968 while number two was published in 1954). The numbering system probably reflects the order in which the articles were begun. Some were published quickly while others took longer. This series also contains van den Haag's curriculum vitae from 1973-1998 as well as short biographies from 1973-1989.

This series contains brochures, invitations, and documents related to conferences and meetings that Ernest van den Haag attended. There is one conference invitation from 1949 that lists van den Haag as a speaker, but the bulk of the brochures cover the 1960s forward. Van den Haag attended and spoke at several gatherings. There is one file containing speech drafts and correspondence from a conference in 1965, but the majority of conferences with such files range from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. These conferences and meetings are mostly related to the issue of criminal justice and capital punishment. A number of conference and meeting files were assigned publication numbers since they may have been later published. These can be found in Series 2 Subseries 2.

This series contains correspondence arranged alphabetically by topic and chronologically within each folder. An interesting group of van den Haag's earliest correspondence includes letters written to professors at Duke and Harvard Universities proposing an experiment on animals to prove his theory of deterrence as a learned behavior. Some of his correspondence involves his duties at Fordham University between 1981 and 1983. Much of van den Haag's correspondence was about his publications and therefore can be found within the publication folders in Series 2.

This series contains photocopies of court transcripts and bills on cases before local, state, federal, and international courts. Ernest van den Haag was called upon to testify as an expert witness before the U.S. House and Senate subcommittees and the U.S. Supreme Court between 1960 and 1973 in cases that involved desegregation. His testimony was also used at the International Court of Justice at The Hague concerning South West African relations with Ethiopia and Liberia in 1966. Ernest van den Haag's testimony in two pornography cases reveals the struggle between towns and theaters showing adult films in the early 1980s. Other topics van den Haag testified on include medicine, psychology, labor, and homosexuality. Some of the material gathered in this series also includes proposed outlines for testimony, questions to be asked, preliminary notes, and van den Haag's curriculum vitae. Expert testimony usually begins with van den Haag presenting himself by answering questions about his knowledge and background that established him as an expert on the subject.

This series contains topical files on van den Haag's research in such areas as law, crime, capital punishment, and employment.