Lucy's personal papers include her diaries, address books, birth certificate, funeral service information, 2006 daily calendar, Bibles, receipts from hundreds of charitable donations, as well as birth and death information and personal items from her life partner, Betty Cooper. Additionally, there is funeral information that Lucy saved from her friend Esther Bentley. The charitable donations are divided by year (2002 and 2006) and organized into different subject-based categories when possible. Lucy's diaries range from 1932-1936 and chronicle her daily life. They also include occasional photographs that are attached with a plastic paperclip.

Notably, there is a transcript of an oral history that Lucy and partner Gloria Tyner did in 1997, where they discuss their lives as lesbians. This transcript became a project called "Old Trees with White Blossoms: An Ethnography of Aging Lesbians" by Janise Gravlin, with Lucy and Gloria as narrators with their names changed to "Mary" (Lucy) and "Hannah" (Gloria).

Her photographs and albums include 14 photo albums and hundreds of loose film photographs and accompanying negatives, featuring primarily photographs from her travels, of her pets, partners, and friends and family. The loose photographs have been resleeved and organized chronologically. Many of the photo albums also include ephemera such as maps, guides, etc, paperclipped to the pages. These materials range from 1958-2005. Also in this section are plaques and awards that Lucy received for her community service and activism.

Lucy's correspondence (1942-2006) is made up of general letters, postcards from friends and family, holiday/greeting cards, and legal correspondence. Additionally, there is correspondence between Lucy and her friend Juliana Schmidt, who was also a lesbian. This section also includes a postcard album from Betty Cooper that Lucy had saved. These materials are all organized chronologically when possible.

Travel materials consist of handwritten travel itineraries from 1969-1995, maps and informational materials from trips to China, Alaska, the Galapagos, and other locations.

Clippings and ephemera include a few lesbian and feminist books and pamphlets that Lucy saved, memorabilia from her and Betty's family, stamps, materials on Northeast Los Angeles (Mt. Washington, Highland Park), newspaper clippings on women in jazz, and general music clippings. The music newspaper clippings are organized alphabetically by artist when possible.