The collection consists of canceled checks, scrapbooks, bank statements, meeting minutes, ticket sale log books, membership dues listings, and business receipts for services rendered to the Apollo Club. The business receipts contain many examples of illustrated letterheads. The scrapbooks consist of material relating to the Apollo Club during the time frame noted on each scrapbook, including programs, newspaper clippings and photographs.

This collection is made up of 91 pieces of sheets of music from various composers in the early 20th century. The primary genre of the collection is Ragtime music. Many of the covers have been autographed by their composers. This collection houses highly visual and artistic material with various colors and designs depicted.

This collection is made up of 76 pieces of sheets of music from various composers in the early 20th century. There are numerous genres in this collection including marches, polkas, waltzes, and ragtime. There are a number of pieces by local composers and/or publishers. Many pieces feature photographs or illustrations of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. This collection houses highly visual and artistic material with various colors and designs depicted.

This collection houses copyright statements for her sheet music compositions and books she authored. It also contains loose chorus sheet music from her operetta, Watouska, or the White Lily with notes for specifying the vocal parts. It also contains other loose sheet music that she composed. It contains the hard-bound copies of her operetta, cloth-bound with gold fore-edges as well as her original manuscript composer's score.

This collection contains primarily music books that fall under the genre of opera. These books were collected by William N. Degenhart as he performed around the St. Louis area. Many of the pieces collected were composed by world famous artists like William Shakespeare, Richard Wagner, and Johann Strauss.