This collection consists of the professional papers of George Arceneaux, Jr. from his career as an attorney and a federal judge. This includes correspondence, reports, notes, blueprints, and other materials. The majority of the collection consists of Judge Arceneaux's criminal and civil court judicial work files, with other portions relating to his work as an attorney (including the Louisiana tidelands boundary dispute) and the construction of the federal court house in Houma, Louisiana.

This collection includes over 450 oral history interviews (original audio recordings, summaries, and transcripts) and over 1,000 digital copies of photographs from the historical period. The results of the study were published in 2008 in six volumes (see External Documents link below).