Arthur Freed was an American lyricist and producer, best known for his MGM musical productions of such films as "An American in Paris", "Singin' in the Rain", "Meet Me in St. Louis", and "Gigi". This collection comprises primarly film files (produced and unproduced), considered projects, playscripts and screenplays, phonograph albums, and artwork and stills. It also contains personal papers, correspondence and letters, awards, certificates and ephemera, and books and scrapbooks.

This collection consists of production film stills and documents for short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, dating from the late 1930s to 1940s. Many films are only represented by proof sets of film stills, but there are also some schedules, crew lists, payroll documents, correspondence, and memoranda. Films included in this collection include short films from the "Our Gang" series produced by MGM.

This collection consists of the scripts and stills related to television series and movies that were produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.