A finding aid is a description of an archival collection. It is designed to help researchers determine whether a collection is pertinent to their research by providing historical context (who, what, where, when, and how) and a description of the materials in the collection. The SAGE finding aids include the following information:

• Collection title
• Name of person, institution, organization, family, etc., who created the materials
• Date range of the materials in the collection
• Size of the collection (number of boxes, linear feet of shelving it occupies, etc.)
• Restrictions on the use of the collection
• Description of the materials in the collection (content and format)
• Explanation of how the materials are organized
• List of boxes and their contents
• Links from the folder list to digital versions of significant documents

Please note that the Sam Nunn papers is such a large collection that the finding aid has been divided into several files. The main Nunn finding aid describes the collection as a whole. The other Nunn finding aids contain detailed descriptions of series that are open for research.