Professor Hall's papers consist of teaching, research, and administrative files spanning four decades. They include reports, correspondence, clippings, articles, syllabi, overhead transparencies quiz questions and answers, academic review records, grant records, training materials, awards, writings by prisoners, and other items. There are a few papers documenting Professor Hall's involvement in prison and criminal justice reform initiatives, through the Pennsylvania Prison Society and other organizations. The collection is organized into 7 series, which are as follows:

Series I Teaching:

This series includes papers related to her pedagogical practice and classroom experience. These include items like course syllabi, quizzes and midterm exams, quiz answer keys, course reserve lists, course posters, visuals, and correspondence; a variety of tenure related teaching materials (including Fieldwork, Internships, and Co-Cop documents), lecture notes and transparencies, and a few textbook related chapter notes

Series II Research and Publications:

This series includes items related to research that Dr. Hall conducted, and the ensuing publications in which that research was found, as well as research that she collected on a wide variety of subjects like penology, criminology, gerontology, federal grant applications and associated grant documentation, as well as incarcerated offender handbooks and state/local prison correspondence.

Series III Professional Academic Activities:

This series has a wealth of information that includes items like conference agendas, handbooks, several institutional and non-profit reports on penological, correctional, and sociocultural matters related to the restorative justice model; resumes and CVs; Annual Faculty Reports (1972-2014), and course evaluations (2004-2014) both of which cover her tenure in the sociology, pyschology, and criminology departments.

Series IV Professional Non-Academic Activities:

This series includes records related to Dr. Hall's non-academic community and professional service activites. Documents in clude Graterford news articles, as well as literature from her many non-profit and community organizations, (e.g. Grey Panthers, Pennsylvania Prison Society, Prison Horticultural Projects, Victim Offender Reconciliation Program, etc.) as well as offender Presentence Reports, and other documentation of her professional advocacy efforts.

Series V Plaques and Awards:

This series has a collection of physical plaques and awards accumulated over her entire career at Drexel University. These include Leadership awards, Humanitarian awards, Outstanding Service awards and a Distinguised Service award. Other documents present include certifications in recognition of her services, outreach and advocacy efforts to local, regional, and national organizations and non-profit entities.

Series VI Supplemental Tenure Materials and Correspondence:

This series includes extensive documentary evidence that Dr. Hall submitted for formal review as part of the application process for obtaining permanent faculty status at Drexel University. This includes documentary evidence of her teaching responsibilities, meeting her service obligations, and the productions of her research and publication efforts. Some additional materials include photographs, and official internal and external correspondance while employed at Drexel.

Series VII Professional Service Materials:

This series includes documentation of her Criminal Justice 101 and 206 courses; published reviews of her scholarly work; her work developing the Criminal Justice major and popular press articles documenting its appearance (circa 2003), the FBI Honors Internship, her personal academic records from 1990-2006, Criminal Justice 206 Resumes, and her personal, non-academic letters and correspondance.