The papers in this collection document the work on The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL, a book Dr. Chipman wrote with Dr. Randolph Campbell and Dr. Robert Calvert. This material contains drafts, notes, articles, brochures, clippings, correspondence, galley sheets, interviews, and statistics.

There are also papers that document Dr. Chipman's research on Spanish Texas. His Spanish material consists of Spanish records microfilm and prints from microfilm, which document materials that date from the 1530s.