The collection includes booklists, grant information as well as the annual reports of the Engineering Library deal with the establishment and expansion of the library. Other subjects include acquisitions, budgetary problems, and recommendations to the College of Engineering. Tables and statistics showing library use, etc. are included. There are also Engineering Library Committee memos, and library statistics.

The collection contains the manuscript for "Keep Smiling Through the Grease: The Making of an Engineer in Mid-Twentieth Century America" by John Fiske Brown, an alumnus of Michigan State University (1953-1957), in which he writes about his life including his education and career. Also included are some family photographs and recipes.