The collection consists of a pamphlet that gives a thorough description of the Sanford Natural Area; the booklet "Exploring the Ecology Along the Red Cedar River" by Dorothy McMeekin, news clippings of obituaries and funeral programs of faculty; and a comprehensive list of the requirements for a Bachelor's degree in Botany. There are also bulletins about plants and plant pathology information put out by the department. Also included are materials related to the Seminarium Botanicum (Sem Bot) Club including the Botanists Bugle newsletter and a club record book.

Photographs include images of crops, fungi, lumbering, roots and grafting of trees and shrubs, scenes of the Michigan State University campus including buildings, Beal Botanical Garden, the deer park, and students in classes.