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The Ira Deutchman Papers represent the creator's ongoing career in the film industry, including his personal interests, teaching, and work as a production company executive for Cinecom and Fine Line Features as well as work with directors John Sayles, Alan Rudolph, and Robert Altman. The collection includes extensive catalogs and programs from film conferences and festivals around the world.

The Ira Deutchman Papers were donated to the University of Michigan Special Collections Library Screen Arts Mavericks and Makers Collection in 2015. The collection encompasses Ira Deutchman's 40 year career in independent film making as a producer, production company executive, and educator.

The Ira Deutchman Papers are arranged into sixteen series: Personal, Production Companies, Film and Project Files, Film Organizations, Film Miscellaneous, Film Scripts, Film Conferences and Seminars, Film Festivals, Books, Film Catalogs, Theatre, Artifacts/Memorabilia Oversized, Audio and Moving Image, Digital Media, and Posters

The Liz Manne Papers consists of material collected throughout Manne's ongoing career in the US film industry, specifically through her work with Fine Line Features, the Sundance Channel, and Duopoly (the venture she co-founded with Catherine Tait in 2002). This collection is separated and sequenced into relevant series and subseries based on the organization from which they originate and then further specified by project.

Spanning approximately five linear feet, the Liz Manne Papers feature material from 1991 through 2016, with a majority of records coming from 1995 to 2005. This collection is reflective of Liz Manne's expansive career as an executive in film marketing with a focus on her work in independent films from Fine Line Features, the Sundance Channel, and Duopoly.