This collection is arranged in seven series:

Series 1: Congress. The "Congress" series contains materials pertaining to Noel Baker and other farmer's efforts to lobby Congress for new rice legislation. It is divided into three subseries. Subseries 1.1 focuses on statements made to congressional committees by Baker, Larry Corbett, Bill Alexander, Dale Bumpers, and other farmers in support of new rice legislation and is arranged chronologically. Subseries 1.2 focuses on correspondence with legislators requesting support for new rice legislation and is arranged alphabetically. Subseries 1.3 focuses on published congressional documents including congressional bills, news releases, and analysis of proposed laws. This subseries is arranged chronologically with small single publications at the end.

Series 2: U.S. Department of Agriculture. The "U.S. Department of Agriculture" series contains materials related to the activities conducted by the Depart of Agriculture including administrative documents, data collected by the organization, and published documents by the organization. This series is divided into two subseries, “Documents,” and “Publications.”

Series 3: National Rice Advisory Committee. The "National Rice Advisory Committee" series contains materials related to the activities taken by the organization including administration documents, correspondence, and a survey conducted by the organization. This series is arranged alphabetically.

Series 4: Farmers' Organizations. The "Farmers' Organizations" series contains materials related to activities, protests, statements, and correspondence of farmers' organization. This series is arranged alphabetically.

Series 5: Publications. The "Publications" series contains clippings and periodicals pertaining to rice legislation, farmers' protests, marketing of agricultural products, and other agricultural matters. This series is arranged with newspaper clippings first followed by periodicals.

Series 6: Activities. The "Activities" series contains materials pertaining to Baker's state senatorial campaign, artifacts he collected from some of his trips, and notes and drafts he took for said trips. This series is arranged with the state senatorial campaign first followed by the notes and artifacts.

Series 7: Scrapbooks. The "Scrapbooks" series contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs covering Baker's activities arranged into scrapbooks and albums by his family. This series has been left in its original order.