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Personal and Entrepreneurial files contain interviews with Van Arnem, awards received, and obituaries and memorial material. Included is an interview transcript of a WJR interview with Paul W. Smith, as well a cassette tape with an audio recording of the interview. This series also contains material about Van Arnem's patent for the "Slinger" and iCan, Inc. press releases and publicity materials. The series also contains a scrapbook, which contains material from Van Arnem's childhood and teen years, class photographs and a confirmation bulletin, with sporadic additions from 1977 until 1995.

Fundraising and Advocacy files document Van Arnem's involvement with the Heidi Van Arnem Foundation, including fundraising activities, her participation in various events meant to raise awareness of disability issues, and correspondence regarding her fundraising and disability advocacy activities.

News clippings is comprised of newspaper and magazine clippings, including columns that Van Arnem wrote for the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News, newspaper articles about general disability issues, biographical and profile articles about Van Arnem, and clipping files with material about her business ventures, Travel Headquarters and iCan, Inc.

Visual Materials has been divided into two subseries. Photographs can be found in box 1 of the collection. Many of the photographs document the Heidi Van Arnem Foundation annual Golf Classic. The Videotapes series consists of 25 VHS, eight Betacam, and two U-matic tapes, containing interviews, Heidi Van Arnem Foundation promotional videos, television news segments featuring Van Arnem, and awards presentations.