Photographs and negatives documenting the life of Harry Hay from childhood to the year of his death. Some of the initial photographs are of Hay family ancestors, followed by others of Harry Hay as a child, with and without family members. Seven photographs of Harry Hay taken between the 1930s and 1950s show Hay first as an aspiring actor, later as a married man. A series of photographs taken in or around 1950 show Hay on a camping vacation with his adopted daughters.

The bulk of the photographs date from the period 1975 to 2002. Many are head shots or portrait studies of Harry Hay. Many others depict Hay with his partner John Burnside (several during the last year of Hay's life); still others show Hay with a range of friends. There are five photographs of Harry Hay at Radical Faeiries gatherings, possibly during the early to mid 1990s. Two sets of photographs from the latter end of the date span show Harry Hay at events (1997 and 2002) held in his honor. Three photographs of New Mexico landscape taken by Harry Hay appear at the end of the collection.

Five photographs (folder 12) are among the items included in the inventory for the "William Moritz collection" section of Series 5.