The Papers of the Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club contain information on the administration and activities of both the national organization and the local groups and chapters. The material covers the 1960s to 2000, with the bulk of the information from the 1970s and 1980s. They have been organized into eight series, three of which have been divided into sub-series. These series are: Sierra Club National Society; the Utah Chapter Administration Files; Bureau of Land Management; Forest Service; National Parks and Monuments; Wildlife; Environmental Health; General Environmental Issues.

Series I contains information on the national organization, officers, and publications of the Sierra Club collected by the Utah Chapter, but is not a comprehensive collection on the national organization. It does, however, contain useful information on the history of the national organization and of its operations in Utah. Series II is divided into two sub-series: Utah Chapter Administration Files and Utah Wilderness Coalition. The first contains bylaws, minutes, and administrative information on the Utah Chapter. Also included are the issues of the Uinta News and Utah Sierran from 1969 to 1991. This sub-series also includes information on the many political initiatives of the Utah Chapter. Sub-series B contains information on the Utah Wilderness Coalition, a group organized by the Utah Chapter to bring many diverse environmental groups together into a common forum.

Series III has four sub-series dealing with various issues pertaining to the Bureau of Land Management, such as wilderness, state land management, and environmental concerns. It includes extensive newspaper clippings and BLM publications. Boxes 8 through 13 contain site-specific information on BLM lands. Series IV contains Forest Service information, particularly on wilderness designation proposals and the Sierra Club's involvement with the mid-1970s Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE) I and II. Series V focuses on environmental concerns about National Parks and Monuments, especially those in Utah. Series VI concernes Utah Wildlife, including detailed information on specific species (both flora and fauna). Series VII is devoted to environmental health in Utah, such as air quality, water quality, proposed nuclear dumping sites in Utah, and the chemical weapons stored at the Tooele Army Depot. Within all these series, the collection contains numerous articles, correspondence, and reports received and published by the Utah Chapter.

The final series, Series VIII, has four sub-divisions: General Environmental Issues, Logan Canyon, Alton Coal/Kaiparowits/Coal, and Water/Central Utah Project. The first deals with issues such as road construction and expansion, land development and growth, power, recycling, mining, and waste disposal. Sub-series B discusses construction through Logan Canyon in Northern Utah. Sub-series C deals with the 1970s mining and power plant operations that were proposed in Southern Utah. The final sub-series deals with water quality throughout the state, dam construction, and the Central Utah Project.

A large amount of published material in this collection has been removed and is now catalogued as Book Collection 47. These publications consist mainly of federal publications such as environmental impact statements, project proposals, etc.