The collection consists of eight series. These are Athletic Record Books; Reference Materials and Drafts for Spartan Saga; News Releases; Media Guides; Miscellaneous Materials; Audiovisual Materials; Oversized; and Serials.

ATHLETIC RECORD BOOKS, 1884-1964. 1.3 cubic feet, 8 volumes

These volumes list team members, coaches and scores for both varsity and freshman sports at Michigan State University. The results of yearly high school track meets held at MSU and intramural records are also included. See container listing for arrangement

REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR SPARTAN SAGA. Undated. 0.7 cubic feet

These files include reference material used by Lyman Frimodig in writing his 1971 book, Spartan Saga, a statistical history of Michigan State athletics. The material consists of early book drafts, notes and statistical lists of individual sports. Only lists which were not included in Spartan Saga have been retained. Of particular interest are the award lists that include MSU. Arranged alphabetically.

NEWS RELEASES, 1942-1990. 6 cubic feet

The news releases are of two basic types. The first are the weekly newsletters, distributed to all newspapers, radio and television broadcasters, sports magazines and other interested persons, which list the past week's athletic activities. Of particular note are the statistical data for teams and individual players in the major sports (football, basketball, baseball and track) as well as sporadic reports for the remaining intramural sports. The second group of releases focus on human interest information about players and coaches, and were written mainly for hometown newspapers. Arranged chronologically.

MEDIA GUIDES, 1938-1994. 8 cubic feet

This series consists of media guides, pre-season outlooks, and programs for various sports teams. Also included are newspaper clippings. Primarily arranged alphabetically by sport, then chronologically.

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS, 1958-1974. The series includes news stories, booklets, posters, press materials and pamphlets.

AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS, 1903-2012. This series contains photographs and audio recordings. Included are slides of the 1965 football team and coaching staff, Sparty mascot as a head on a person's body, marching band, and possibly the homecoming king and queen on the football field, and basketball, all from 1965. There are also slides of football from 1966.

SERIALS, 1911-1999. Included in this series are two publications, Men's Sports Schedules (1911-1983) and Michigan State University Sports Information (1998-1999).