The Jose Quintero Papers consist largely of materials related to Quintero's directing and teaching, supplemented by professional and personal correspondence, manuscripts, and other theater memorabilia. The papers are arranged in five series: Theater Papers, 1950-1996 (6 boxes), Correspondence, 1949-1999 (2 boxes), Works, (1 box), Career (1 box), and Posters.

The papers arrived at University of Houston Special Collections directly from Jose Quintero and Nicholas Tsacrios. They were originally processed by Katherine Fox in 1998, but have been re-ordered for continuity in regard to theatrical productions.