The Robert A. Freeman Papers consists of documents, records, statistical surveys, publications, and other materials compiled during his tenure as a Washington State Department of Corrections psychologist at the penitentiary. This collection, which dates between 1948 through 1980, contain documents from symposiums and other events which, among other topics, discussed the state of correctional institutions policies and potential reforms to the corrections culture and systems. It also includes photographs of and by Freeman documenting the Washington State Penitentiary and his personal life. This collection gives an insight into the prison conditions of Washington State Department of Corrections and the work that was being done during the mid-1900s to enact reform.