Scrapbooks maintained by John Weitz Designs to document publicity regarding John Weitz. Contents are of a professional nature, although family members are sometimes featured in publicity materials. Scrapbooks primarily consist of original or reproduced newspaper and magazine clippings, as well as ad slicks, proofs, and tear sheets. All photographic materials, print publications, press kits, and posters have been removed for preservation purposes and will be found elsewhere in the John Weitz papers. Original scrapbook backing pages have also been removed, except when glue was used to adhere contents.

Scrapbooks are divided into two categories, General scrapbooks (arranged chronologically) and Thematic scrapbooks (arranged alphabetically by topic). Weitz used the scrapbooks as a resource during the curation of his 1985 exhibition, A Happy Look Back, a restrospective of fashion advertisements for his women's wear. Scrapbooks documenting the years 1955-1964 are frequently missing elements or entire pages, some of which may be found in the Exhibition files under A Happy Look Back.