The Belver Griffith papers shed much light on the acclaimed professor’s scholarly activities from the 1960s until the late 1980s, including his work at Drexel University. The majority of the collection consists of Dr. Griffith's correspondence with collaborators and scholars studying scientific communication and information science, and date primarily from the 1970s and 1980s. Included with these correspondences are drafts and edited manuscripts that Griffith co-authored. Notations suggest that these items were filed alphabetically by subject/author. Therefore, this arrangement has been preserved. Also included in the collection are several lectures, information on the awards Griffith received, a memoir dating from 1972, and reports to the dean of the College of Information Studies offering summaries of Griffith's activities. The collection has been arranged into three series: Awards, the Name File and Professional Activities.

The first series, Awards, consists of one folder of materials related to Griffith’s receipt of the Research Achievement Award (1976) and the ASIS Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award (1982).

The bulk of the collection is its second series, the Name File, consisting of correspondence and collaborations between Griffith and several scholars, which date from 1962 until 1989. Of note are two folders of materials pertaining to Griffith’s collaboration with Paul D. Allison and John A. Stewart for the article “Lotka’s Law: A Problem in Its Interpretation and Application”, subsequently published in the sixth issue of Social Studies of Science in 1976. Also of interest are three folders consisting of correspondence between Griffith and Derek de Solla Price, as well as letters between Griffith and Drexel President W.W. Hagerty. The third series, Professional Activities, primarily consists of materials pertaining to Griffth’s tenure at Drexel University. Included are the professor’s annual performance reports from 1977 to 1986 (closed to researchers until 2022), his 1984 faculty leave report, transcripts of lectures given from 1974 to 1975, and a professional memoir penned in 1972.