The Marilyn Riseman papers document the life and career of Marilyn Riseman primarily through scrapbooks, photo albums, loose photographs, and newspaper clippings. The original titles of scrapbooks, folders, and boxed slides have been maintained. When possible, photographs and clippings have been removed from albums and placed in folders for preservation purposes. The collection had no original order, and materials are arranged chronologically within subseries. Loose papers tucked into the back of scrapbooks have been removed and placed in folders. This collection has been arranged into three series.

Series I. Business Records contains documention of Riseman's career as an event planner and owner of the boutique clothing store, Apogee. Subseries A. Event Records contains scrapbooks, photographs, and newspaper clippings documenting Riseman’s event planning career. Scrapbooks mainly consist of captioned photographs of Riseman’s planned parties, invitations, and corresponding newspaper clippings. Subseries B. Apogee Records consists of scrapbooks documenting Apogee’s press coverage, photographs of the store interior, design sketches, and fashion magazines reporting on Apogee.

Series II. Personal Papers contains scrapbooks, photo albums, and slides of Marilyn Riseman and family, Riseman’s travels, and family celebrations. Several annotated scrapbooks document Riseman’s childhood. Within several photo albums, articles about Riseman are interspersed. This series also contains two tote bags, stuffed dogs, a cloth commemorating a Bat Mitzvah, and a painting of tennis players.

Series III. Unidentified Images contains slides that were grouped together by the creator but were not labeled. A stereo slide viewer is included in this series. Slides were removed from boxes or carousels and original groupings were maintained.