The files (4 linear feet.) Includes a total of 7 archival boxes containing 26 subject folders. The Colonel John C. Nickerson Jr. files are primarily focused on the records of his general court-martial by the Commanding General Headquarters, Third United States Army.

In addition to the official court-martial records are files collected on the correspondence of the Defense Counsel and the Trial Counsel during the conduction of the trial. Additional information can be found in the many newspaper articles by several of the leading news agencies who covered the trial proceedings.