The Roman Freulich papers span the years 1934-1974 (bulk 1940s-1970s) and encompass 1.2 linear feet. The collection consists of production files, subject files, and a scrapbook. The production files contain scripts, clippings, and publicity materials. The subject files consist of clippings, book reviews, manuscripts, and photography periodicals. Of particular interest is the scrapbook, which contains reproductions of still photographs of Hollywood stars and starlets that Freulich took for magazine layouts.

The photograph series of the Roman Freulich papers spans the years 1927-1965 and encompasses approximately 2 linear feet, consisting of 558 vintage black-and-white prints, black-and-white negatives, and color transparencies. The photographs are grouped into motion picture production photographs, biography photographs, and subject photographs.

The motion picture production photographs span the years 1927-1965 and consist largely of scene stills. The material is arranged alphabetically by film title. Titles include "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930), "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935), "The Foreign Legion" (1928), "Frankenstein" (1931), "Macbeth" (1948), "The Man Who Laughs" (1928), "My Little Chickadee" (1940), "My Man Godfrey" (1936), "Rio Grande" (1950), "Sands of Iwo Jima" (1949), "Show Boat" (1929 and 1936 versions), "Top Hat" (1935), and "Waterloo Bridge" (1931).

The biography photographs span from around 1930 through the early 1950s and consist of portrait, off-camera, and publicity photographs. They are arranged alphabetically by name and include Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, John Barrymore, Deanna Durbin, John Ford, Roman Freulich (with his Academy Award certificates), Karl Freund, William S. Hart, Ernest Hemingway, Boris Karloff, Leopold Stokowski, and Gloria Swanson. A few of the photographs are autographed to Freulich by the individual depicted.

The subject photographs span from the 1910s to the 1940s. There are a total of 25 photographs, arranged alphabetically by subject. The largest numbers of photographs are of extras and of Universal Pictures Company.

Roman Freulich (1898-1974) was born in Czestochowa, Poland. At age 14 he emigrated to the United States to join his brothers, and in 1918, during World War I, he went to Canada and enlisted in the Jewish Legion of the British Army. After the war Freulich trained with New York photographer Samuel Lumiere. In the mid-1920s Freulich moved to Hollywood, where his brother Jack was a portrait photographer at Universal Pictures. Roman Freulich became a still photographer at Universal, shooting many of their major stars in portrait, scene, candid, and off-camera photographs. He remained at Universal until 1944 when he was offered a position at Republic Studios as head of its still department. In the late 1950s, after Republic ceased production, Freulich freelanced, mostly for United Artists, until the mid-1960s. In 1941, 1942, 1944, and 1947 he won awards at the Hollywood Studio Still Photography Show, sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.