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This series contains letters to and from Switzer from his days as a student at Exeter and Harvard University, to his time as a soldier in World War I, and as a dry goods merchant in Vicksburg, Mississippi after the War. The bulk of the letters, written mostly to family members, describe the daily life of being a soldier, first as a member of the Harvard University ROTC, and then as a Lieutenant on the front lines in France and Germany. Of particular note is a letter describing the calm after the armistice in November 1918. The series is arranged in chronological order.

This series contains legal documents, publications, newspaper and magazine clippings, and books, among others. Most of the series contains information about military affairs.

This series includes an early composition of young Sam Switzer, as well as the syllabus and class notes from a course in Contemporary International Relations. He took this course at the American University in Beaune, France, from March to June in 1919.

This series contains maps of Europe, mostly during the World War I era, and are in French or German. Several maps detail battle positions and troop movements in France and Germany during World War I.

This series consists of various items such as Switzer's diploma and certificate from Harvard, his diploma from Exeter academy, and his International Dateline certificate from Pan American World Airways.

This series includes photographic prints and postcards, mostly from the World War I period. Postcards are filed by country and city. The countries represented include France, Germany, Monaco, Spain, and Italy. Postcard packets of the destruction at Verdun and La Marne are also part of the series.