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Series II: Outside Engineering, 1959-1981 contains materials produced by outside engineering firms, such as McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Boeing Corporation, and the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel. These materials include correspondence between NASA and the outside firms, as well as manuals, publications, and reports produced for NASA.

This series holds materials collected by Van Scoyoc while she was serving on committees outside of any of the Women's Political Caucuses. The vast majority of the materials are pre-printed publications by the various organizations, correspondence with committee members, and meeting notes. Items of interest in this series includes papers documenting Van Scoyoc's early work in public life with the Orlando Police Officer's Auxiliary; papers and pamphlets chronicling her work in helping to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment; and a collection of articles about notable people in the news who include, Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy Jr., Sally Ride, and Geraldine Ferraro. Personal correspondence of interest with Betty Ford, Bill Nelson, Lawton Chiles, and Bob Graham.