The Lynn Cutler papers, 1968 to 2004, offer insight into Cutler's career, primarily her involvement with the Democratic Party and her role in the Clinton administration in the 1990s. It additionally provides information about the Democratic Party and its work during the 1980s and 1990s. The extensive run of official Democratic National Committee (DNC) correspondence gives a good overview of the day-to-day concerns of the Democratic Party during that era and the collection overall contains strong materials related to women's issues, which was a matter of particular interest for Lynn Cutler.

Pre-2021 acquisitions:

The first two boxes include materials about the DNC, the Jewish Democratic Study Group, voting projects, and medical aid to El Salvador. Box 3 focuses mainly on the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. The fourth and fifth boxes contain papers on different subjects, such as the Board of National Endowment for Democracy, the DNC, political campaigns, and women's issues, along with congressional correspondence. Box 5 also includes several photographs.

Included in boxes 6 and 7 are additional materials related to the Fourth World Conference on Women, the DNC, the Institute for Women's Policy Research, and the Clinton / Gore campaign. There are additional folders dealing with women and the organizations with which Cutler was involved. Boxes 8 and 9 consist of materials related to such topics as the Fourth World Conference on Women, the Center for Policy Alternatives, scleroderma research, President Clinton and Hillary Clinton, and women's issues. Also includes in these boxes are several videotapes, an audiocassette tape, and three photographs of Cutler with well-known political figures. In the folder with speeches by President Clinton and Hillary Clinton is a photograph of Cutler with the President and Tom Harkin.

Boxes 10 and 11 contain, among other items, Cutler's appointment calendars (dating from December 1997 to January 2000), information from trips to Iowa, political lists, and materials related to women's issues and Indian Affairs. About half of the materials in boxes 12 through 17 consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence from the DNC. Cutler either wrote or received most of the correspondence, though there are also copies of correspondence written by or to other members of the organization. The rest of the material consists of information about Cutler's activities, campaigns, and career; preparations for the Democratic National Convention during her term as DNC vice chair; and matters related to women and American Indians. Box 18 includes materials from Cutler’s campaigns, the DNC, information about American Indians, along with subject files.

2021 acquisition:

The bulk of box 19 onwards contains materials primarily from the 1990s and covers Cutler's time at the DNC and her years working in the Clinton administration. These boxes include a variety of ephemeral materials, such as invitations to White House functions and inaugurations; signed notes from President Clinton and Secretary of State (then First Lady) Hillary Clinton; and Cutler's copies of presidential trip booklets dating from 1997 to 1999. The acquisition also includes topical materials ("Unfinished Business of the Women's Movement" and "Institutional Racism in America Society" along with records pertinent to other aspects of her work, such as international trips (Africa and Israel) and correspondence from elected officials supporting Cutler's bid to become Chair of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.

There are also a variety of photographs, including two albums from Cutler’s trip to Africa with Ronald H. Brown (then chairman of the DNC, later Secretary of Commerce); her time with the Gore campaign; images from Clinton’s Pine Ridge visit; and photographs of Cutler and notable people, including the Clintons, Gore, elected officials, and celebrities. Some of these latter photographs are signed. An additional album focuses on the 1986 “Business Women and the Political World: New Partnerships” conference organized by Cutler.