The Dr. Susan W. Stinson Papers contain materials related to Stinson's personal life and her professional career as a dancer and educator. The collection contains Stinson's choreography, correspondence, faculty materials, teaching materials, writings, newspaper clippings, and audiovisual materials.

The professional materials in the collection include materials related to Stinson's career. This series includes choreography, UNCG faculty materials, conference materials, annual review and tenure materials, course evaluations, curricula, and research projects. The audiovisual materials include VHS recordings of Stinson teaching and records of music for teaching dance.

The collection also contains some personal materials, which are mainly her student materials. The student materials include essays and other written work from her undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral studies.