The Dominican Life/U.S. Dominican Journal Records document over three decades of Dominican vocational promotion and inter-provincial collaboration in the United States. The collection is divided into two main series reflecting the successive publications: Dominican Life (1957–1979) and U.S. Dominican (1980–1990). Together, these periodicals record Dominican ministry, community life, and outreach across the country.

There are three complete runs of Dominican Life, with one bound, one half bound and half unbound, and one completely unbound. There are four complete runs of U.S. Dominican, two bound and two unbound. In addition to complete runs of both journals, the collection contains administrative materials. These include correspondence from editors and contributors, documentation of the transition between Dominican Life and U.S. Dominican, financial reports and distribution records, and original letters from Fr. Charles Bouchard, O.P.

The materials highlight the Central Province’s promotion of vocations and fostering Dominican identity through publications, while also demonstrating the evolving national cooperation among the U.S. provinces in the late twentieth century.