This series contains material about Abel Wolman and his family. There are articles about him and his work as well as awards and citations he received and photographs. Most useful in outlining his life are the many biographical questionnaires he completed and the frequently revised curricula vitae which are in this series. Perhaps most revealing is the oral history of Abel Wolman completed by Walter Hollander. This series contains both a copy of the two-volume transcript and the original tapes.

Records of his membership in a variety of organizations are in this series as well as some employment records although letters of appointment to various posts or projects have been filed with the records of that work in the projects or committee/commission series.

While most of the correspondence in this collection deals with Wolman's work and is filed with the records of that work or in the general correspondence series, Dr. Wolman did receive a great deal of correspondence congratulating him on his work in his later life. These personal letters (1957-72) and holiday and birthday greetings as well as congratulatory letters (1980-89) are in this series. There is also an interesting series of letters between Wolman and architect Laurence Hall Fowler concerning the construction of Wolman's home at 3213 N. Charles Street.

Few of Wolman's student papers survive but there are a few from 1913 in this series. This series also contains a small amount of material on Wolman's family especially his brother economist Leo Wolman.