The collection contains letters, clippings, working files, legal documents, and photographs. The bulk of the collection consists of materials relating to her work for the County of Marin, primarily her work as the Director of the Criminal Justice Planning Agency. Also included are materials on Eugene Burns and Sally Stanford and Aaron's involvement with the cases. Family papers include information on Aaron's education and career, and other family members. One of the highlights of the collection is a biographical narrative dictated by Aaron's mother, Clara Hurst (Herscovich), detailing her emigration from Romania to Canada, and Canada to the United States. The collection is divided into 5 series: Family and Personal Papers, Political and Public Service Work, Eugene Burns Case, Sally Stanford Case, and Photographs.

Bella Hurst (Herscovich) Aaron was born in Canada and emigrated to Utah via Montana as a young child. She grew up in Ogden, Utah, the eldest daughter of eight children. Her elder brother, Morris, died at the age of ten. Her parents Clara and David Herscovich had emigrated to Canada from Romania. Clara came at age eight as part of a resettlement program that may have been funded by the Rothschilds.

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