The Catholic Chinese Academy collection contains three scrapbooks and a folder of prints and negatives, which primarily include photographs of students, teachers, the head of the Catholic Chinese Academy, and other visitors, including cardinals and teachers of other Catholic schools. The photographs feature events and field trips such as students at picnics at the La Brea Tar Pits, baptisms, Ten-Ten Day celebrations with student choir groups, World War II war bonds rallies, and student plays. The scrapbooks also contain programs of school events, enrollment lists, and administrative and financial materials, as well as correspondence between parents of students, school administrators, and prominent figures such as Sister Noemi Crews and Father John Cowhig. The scrapbooks further include newspaper and magazine articles discussing events involving the Catholic Chinese Academy, particularly from The Tidings newspaper.