This collection is divided into seven parts: personal papers; general geology; oil, gas, and minerals: leases, agreements, and reports; coal; uranium; water; and miscellaneous materials.

The first section, boxes 1 to 3, consists of a small amount of personal papers, including personal correspondence and a large number of diaries kept by Redden from 1933 to 1970. The second section, boxes 3 to 4, contains materials relating to geology in general, organized under the three headings of "general", "land classification", and "power development and synthetic fuels". Under these headings, the materials are organized alphabetically by title or subject.

The third section of this collection, boxes 4 to 7, contains oil, gas, and mineral leases, agreements, and reports, as well as materials regarding mining companies, syndicates, and claims. The oil, gas, and mineral leases, agreements, and reports are organized alphabetically by county name, and include some areas in Nevada and Kansas, as well as a heading for the state of Utah. Included in these papers are logs of wells drilled as well as plats and maps of the areas in question. A large amount of these materials concern Emery and Grand Counties. The papers regarding mining companies, syndicates, and claims are organized alphabetically by name of the mining company or corporation. All of the materials in the third section of this collection date from the 1930s to the 1960s, with the majority of the papers generated in the 1950s.

The fourth section of this collection, boxes 8 to 10, consists of materials relating to coal. These materials are organized alphabetically by county name. The bulk of these papers (two boxes) deal with activities of the Red Creek Corporation from 1936 to 1982, and include the 1936 articles of incorporation, correspondence, reports to stockholders, plats, and maps. The fifth section, boxes 11 to 13, contains materials relating to uranium, first organized by region, followed by a group of papers regarding uranium mining companies, syndicates, and claims. A large number of circulars relating to uranium mining, and published by various mining companies, are contained in boxes 12 and 13.

The sixth section of this collection, boxes 13 to 16, contains materials relating to water. These papers are organized under the headings of: water appropriation; projects; state engineer; and water rights and adjudication, and are organized alphabetically by county or region name. The largest amount of materials in this section are contained under the heading "projects", and include reports, applications for various water rights, proofs of appropriation, correspondence, deeds, and maps. A substantial amount of papers regarding the Three Creeks Reservoir Dam Project, Beaver River, Beaver County, Utah, are included in this section. All of the materials in this section date from the 1930s to the 1960s.

The seventh and final section of this collection is contained in boxes 16 to 18, and consists of miscellaneous materials, including general financial and tax papers, various newspaper clippings, and maps and plats that were originally not filed with other materials. Most of the maps and plats in this collection are interspersed throughout the collection as a whole, contained with materials with which they were originally found.