The Lella Gandini early childhood and children’s folklore collection contains research notes, presentations, reference materials, journal and magazine articles, and other documents created or used by Lella Gandini throughout her career in early childhood education. The bulk of the materials are from Gandini’s research between 1978 and 1996. Documents in this collection are in various languages, including English, Italian, Spanish, and French; materials in languages other than English will be denoted in brackets in the Contents List section of this finding aid.

The Lella Gandini early childhood and children’s folklore collection is arranged into three series, one of which has been further divided into subseries. The materials are housed in 23 archival document boxes and one oversized folder.