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This series consists of early school and career documents from Vienna, records and correspondence documenting Fried's arrival and early years in the U.S., employment searches, as well as records of his appointments to positions with the U.S. Army and the United Nations. Also included in this series are texts of radio interviews given by Fried, 1949-1975.

John H. E. Fried served as Legal Officer and Program Officer of the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration, headquartered in New York City, from 1951-1954. The series contains some correspondence, primarily concerning personnel matters, as well as memoranda and agreements dated 1948-1954.

This series contains correspondence and typescripts associated with the UNESCO book project, The Third Reich (1955). The correspondence is predominantly from the years, 1949-1952, although the inclusive dates of the entire series are 1938 to 1984. The typescripts are in English, French and German.

Nepal, 1964-1966. 61 file folders. Correspondence arranged alphabetically; memoranda arranged chronologically.

John Fried served as Legal Consultant to the Somalia delegation at the U.N. from 1966-1970. This series contains primarily reports composed by Fried on various issues dealing with Somalia / French Somaliland.

This series is divided into two sections. The first section contains typescripts and correspondence concerning Fried's collaborative work with Richard A. Falk entitled Vietnam and International Law. An Analysis of the Legality of the U.S. Military Involvement, published in 1967. The second section deals with Fried's activities with the with the Lawyers Committee on American Policy Towards Vietnam (1965-1975) and later with the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (1981-1990). The series contains correspondence, as well as agenda, minutes of meetings and public statements.

The general correspondence files are arranged in four sub-categories: Fried's correspondence with former Nuremberg judges (17 file folders), general correspondence with individuals (201 file folders), correspondence with publishers (40 file folders), and correspondence with organizations (61 file folders).

This series consists primarily of course notes and outlines, and also contains correspondence with administration and other faculty members, student papers and evaluations.

This series contains notes, clippings and correspondence relating to legal cases, in which Fried was either consulted or gave testimony. Included in the series are materials pertaining to several high profile cases, including the cases against Dr. Benjamin Spock and Klaus Barbie.

This series has been divided into 9 sub-series: (1) Publications by John H. E. Fried, 1931-1990; (2) Speeches, 1931-1990; (3) Conferences; (4) Time Magazine/Fortune contributions, 1943-1944; (5) International Labour Office, Montreal, Canada, 1942-1954; (6) Yivo Institute project, 1955-1963; (7) Brookings Institute Study, 1959-1963; (8) Nuremberg book project; (9) Other manuscripts; and (10) Notes on various subjects.

This series contains typescripts, reprints and clippings of articles by other authors, which in most cases were sent to Fried by the author. Many of the items are autographed and commented by the author.

This series contains newspapers clippings, magazine articles and other materials collected by Fried on topics of interest such as: nuclear weapons and disarmament, militarism, international law, and human rights. The collection also contains materials on countries and regions, such as: Cuba, Chile, Vietnam, Korea, Israel, Palestine, Iran, Micronesia and the Soviet Union.

Several incomplete sets of periodicals, most containing annotations by Fried were retained in the collection.

The collection of pamphlets is extensive and contains pamphlets on most of the subject areas in which Fried was interested. These include: Vietnam and Southeast Asia, Nuclear war and disarmament, the United Nations and treaties, Somalia, Bangladesh, Cuba, Chile, Korea, Israel, Palestine and the Middle East, the Soviet Union, Human Rights, Rights of the Child and Women's Rights.