The Esther Gillies papers consist of minutes, correspondence, reports, newsletters, notes, public relations materials, and training materials from various social work organizations with which Gillies worked. Organizations represented in the collection include the California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (CAPSAC), Children's Center of the Antelope Valley (CCAV), the Drew Child Development Corporation, Children's Institute International Southern California Training Center (SCTC), the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the Center for the Study of Child Maltreatment and Family Violence's A Child Interview Specialist Transdisciplinary Training (ACIST), and the Child Sexual Abuse Crisis Center (CSACC).