The collection contains material about Florence Nightingale, the Crimean War, the Victorian era, and the history of nursing collected and created by Country Joe McDonald, dated 1831-2009. It contains McDonald writings and research, including scripts, song lyrics, film treatments, website, and photocopies of Florence Nightingale correspondence and writings. Also included are ephemera, audio and visual recordings, photographs, and printed material, including clippings, booklets, event programs, maps and travel guides, museum and park brochures, and postcards. The collection includes a number of rare books, searchable through the UCSF Library catalog.