Correspondence, music and lyrics (including scripts with stage directions), newspaper clippings, photographs, and programs pertaining to the American composer Hamilton Forrest.

One of his most notable arrangements, which is included in these papers, was "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands." Published in 1951 by Mills Music Inc., this piece was dedicated to celebrated singer Marian Anderson and attributed to Marion Kerby's "Original Collection of Negro Exaltations." The papers also include two autographed photographs of Forrest.