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The Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries began in 1909 as an organization offering food, shelter, and church services to the homeless of Detroit. Since then it has grown in size and scope as it now offers treatment for addiction, mental health services, and more throughout the Detroit Metropolitan area. The bulk of the collection includes project reports, program meeting minutes, photographs, and audio and video recordings relating to the organization. The collection also includes files of the organization's leaders administrators: Chad Audi, Donald DeVos, Barbara Willis, among others.

The Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries records primarily include materials dating from the 1980s up through the 2010s. A portion of the collection documents the early years, between the early and mid-1900s. The collection includes administrative records, project reports, as well as photographs and other publicity material.

Volunteer in local and national community and professional organizations and resident of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan from 1947-1981; records include photographs, correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings, and notes related to Gossett’s personal life and volunteer activities.

The collection consists of four series: Visual Materials, Personal Life and Education, Volunteer Activities and Honors, and Charles Evans Hughes. The collection's strength lies in its documentation of Gossett's years at Barnard College, her personal friendships, and her volunteer activities in various local and national community and professional organizations (1944-1981).