Collection consists of Arant's personal papers related to family and civic activities, materials covering his academic career and entomology work, teaching and research materials, and military service memorabilia. Series include: 1. Personal Papers; 2. Academic Career; and 3. Military Service. Collection arranged into three accessions depending upon the time that materials came to the Auburn University Archives and Manuscripts Department.

This collection consists of fifty-eight color transparencies and color prints made in 1994 and 1999 from Gosse's works in the British Museum. These document Alabama's moths, butterflies, caterpillers, dragonflies, mantises, crickets, beetles, and various plants.