The collection consists of 270 Kodachrome Ektachrome slides, three empty slide boxes, and one original 8x10 black and white photograph, as well as 275 digital surrogates of all of the analog images donated and several family photographs of Crain and his homes which the Library only received digitally. The photographs document daily life in the Washington, D.C. area, Dr. Crain’s travels around the U.S. and abroad, and important events. Events depicted include the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the Poor People Campaign’s Resurrection City protests, the 1776 United States bicentennial celebration, the 1965 and 1977 presidential inauguration parades, and the aftermath of the 1968 riots. Sites photographed around the Washington area include Glen Echo Park, Georgetown University and Georgetown University Hospital, the Tidal Basin during the Cherry Blossom season, the National Mall, 14th Street, Northminster Presbyterian Church, and other sites and statues around the District. D.C. Locations of photography outside of Washington include Duke University; Nevada; Hershey, Pennsylvania; Chatham, Massachusetts; Maine; Upstate New York; Vermont; Death Valley; the western United States; Bermuda; and Monaco.