Includes drafts and corrections--sometimes separated by chapter; handwritten notes; correspondence between authors and contributors; research on USC's history with social work; photocopies of images to use in the book along with forms documenting image usage rights; and a CD labeled "USC Digital Archives photos for Social Work book."

This series consists of course material, correspondence, research, photographs, audiovisual material, and other records that were held in Fertig's USC School of Social Work office when he retired in 2016. Material spans 1947 to 2014, with the bulk dating from 2003 to 2012.