The records of the MSU Press consist of Board of Directors meeting minutes (1963-1966, undated), a handbook entitled MSC Press which gives guidelines for materials submitted (1950), and two booklets which review publications of the MSU Press (1955, undated). Also included are published (1948-1950, 1954-1957) and unpublished (1957-1958, 1961-1963, 1967, 1969) annual reports.

The Fourth Genre series contains correspondence between authors and editors, between editors and outside readers, and between editors. Some handwritten working notes and drafts are included. Final page proofs with author corrections, drafts of feature items, and original manuscripts from accepted authors, many with outside reader comments, round out the collection.