The Nanora Sweet Photograph Collection contains two albums documenting the lesbian community in St. Louis. One album, titled "Lesbian Portraits," was assembled by local activist and scholar Martha Ficklen (aka Carla Flanagan), who may also have taken many of the photographs. The album includes portraits and candid shots of lesbians from the St. Louis area, dating from approximately the 1980s through the early 2000s. The women in the album include prominent activists, academics, and community leaders, and photographs are mostly identified. Photographs from several gay pride events are also included. The album also includes a Bubba’s Barbecue menu from Eureka Springs, Arkansas, an important regional LGBTQIA+ travel destination.

The second album is a binder of materials related to a University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) course titled "Lesbian Literature," taught in the fall of 1999 by Ficklen. Donor Nanora Sweet was serving as the director of the UMSL Institute for Women's and Gender Studies at the time this course was offered. The binder includes fliers and press releases promoting the class, an annotated version of the original course proposal, and material regarding Ficklen’s background. The binder also includes photographs of the course in session and of a dinner promoted as "Chez Lesley: Flavors of France, a 1920s Paris Dinner." It is unclear if the dinner was related to course activities. Several personal photographs are also included.