Fonds consists of personal and business correspondence; manuscripts; published works; audio visual; works by other authors and miscellaneous.

The collection includes materials created and compiled by James Hoffman such as taped interviews with George Ryga and his family members, materials provided by his wife following Ryga's death in 1987; video recordings of performances of Ryga's works, video recordings of Ryga by media producers, correspondence with Ryga and others about Ryga, reviews of Ryga's work, programs of performances; photographs and some personal records of Ryga's.

Fonds consists of correspondence with actors, authors, directors, editors, educators, government officials, lawyers, producers, publishers and others in the literary, publishing and theatrical fields. Files arranged alphabetically by personal or corporate name with exception of subject-related file Script Distribution which contains R. L. Paris's notes regarding Captives of the faceless drummer. Legal documents, contracts, royalty statements, photographs, publicity material and reviews are included in correspondence files. The Ryga-Paris correspondence provides information about G. Ryga not found in the George Ryga fonds.