Contains printed news articles, an Angola Commission Leadership interview with Gerald Bender, and reports from the World Bank and USAID, and email correspondence that pertains to devising international aid policies or strategies to reconstruct Angola's economy. The roles of Sonangol, the Angolan Ministry of Finance, and the International Monetary Fund are mentioned across the materials.

Contains newspaper articles and a government report concerning the United States Information Agency's blacklist of individuals barred from participating in government-sponsored speaking engagments abroad. Gerald Bender and fellow USC IR professor Abraham Lowenthall were both on this list.

Contains a project proposal for the Angolan Pilot Project, a development strategy to be implemented by the Angolan government in the Benguela province that would improve the distribution of wealth, social programs, infrastructure, and job creation. There is an outline for an address Margaret J. Anstee gave to the US-Angola Chamber of Commerce concerning the proposal, and correspondence sent between Bender and other collaborators regarding her address.

Contains agendas, briefing papers, notes, and a letter pertianing to Bender's participation in the conference on New Directions in the Southern African Development Community.

Contains handwritten notes and outlines of speeches, correspondence, and newspaper clippings that pertain to the Reagan Administration's policies towards Southern Africa. The correspondence was written and sent between other individuals who are not Bender. While the notes are authored by Bender, it's unclear if these pertain to his own speeches.

Contains news bulletins from the Republican Study Committee, Angola Today, Free Angola, and from UNITA Representatives to the United Kingdom and the United Nations pertaining to UNITA and the MPLA.

Contains published tributes, correspondence, and newspaper articles that pertain to Bender's relationship with Henry B. Masauko Chipembere, an African History Professor at UCLA, and his passing. There are several copies of Chipembere's Will, one of which is handwritten on notepad paper.

Contains letters and F Visa forms issued in 1970 pertaining to Chipembere's childrens' education in Los Angeles. There is a 1979 Flintridge Preparatory School Commencement program for Vita Chipembre's graduation and a transcript of a speech announcing an award he recieved during the ceremony.

Contains reports and correspondence pertaining to AMOCO oil company's activities in Angola.

Contains one Daily Report Supplement from the Foreign Broadcast Information Service titled "Sub-Saharan Africa, Angola: The Diaries of UNITA's Jeremias Chitunda."