The collection includes the annual reports of the Beal Botanical Garden and Campus Plant Collections. These reports contain general information such as plans to expand the Beal Botanical Garden in the late 1920s, Dutch Elm Disease, new plantings, and the seed exchange and labeling programs. The 1968 report contains a map and brochure of the Botanical Gardens. The 1971 report contains a rare plant list.

Included is the film "MSU Panorama" (circa 1970s), with footage beginning at the Beal Botanical Garden. Interviews take place along the Red Cedar river, and in front of the MSU Library. The actual creator is unknown.

Also included are aerial photographs mostly of the main MSU campus and MSU-owned properties that were transferred from the Beal Botanical Garden. The invoices for the aerial photography photos were kept because they provide the estimated square miles of the land and major roads that were photographed. A flight path index is listed for a few corresponding years.