The Black Mountain College Collection dates from 1975 to 1977 and includes correspondence, manuscripts, broadsides, and photographs.

The correspondence is between Special Collections staff and poets who were connected with Black Mountain College and/or wrote for the Black Mountain Review.

The manuscripts include memoirs by Joel Oppenheimer and Gary Snyder, a poem, "Old Song," by Thomas White (Black Mountain Review, 1954 - copied by hand by Robert Creeley), a poem, "Walking Into King Sooper After Two-Week Retreat," by Allen Ginsberg, and 'The Flight," by Denise Levertov.

There are two broadsides, both from Edward Dorn: "Prolegomenon to Book III," inscribed by Dorn; and from Two Penny Lane, a novel by Fielding Dawson (excerpt from the book, with illustration).

The photographs include views of the campus and pictures of faculty and students.