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The collection consists of minutes from General Faculty meetings, recommendations of candidates for graduation, related memoranda, and faculty members' obituaries. The collection will be of interest to those researching issues of broad concern to the University in the time period covered, which includes the transition period of Florida State College for Women to the Florida State University.

The collection includes minutes taken from 1972 through 1975 and related materials documenting the meetings of the Florida State University Budget Advisory Committee (formerly the Budget Committee).

The NASA Challenger Accident records are mainly comprised of paper documents generated by NASA during the investigation into the Challenger Shuttle accident that took place on January 28th, 1986. There is one report that was generated before the launch. Materials includes notes, memoranda, correspondence, reports, procedures, and reviews documenting the investigation into the Challenger accident between January 24th, 1986 and September 9th, 1986. This collection provides insight into the Challenger accident investigation.

Candles, toy animals, artificial flowers, handwritten notes, collaborative banners, works of art, and merchandise left at memorial sites on the FSU Tallahassee campus by students, staff, and community members following a mass shooting on April 17, 2025.

The Florida State University (FSU) President's Executive Committee Minutes consist of agendas, memoranda, minutes, reports, and other attachments documenting the work of this organization during the early 1970s. Some of the topics frequently discussed were academic problems of minoritized students, student health services, visits by Florida legislators, student residence hall issues, substance abuse and substance abuse education, and parking and traffic regulations. James Stanley Marshall was FSU President at this time. These records document FSU campus governance and activities in the early 1970s. Materials are arranged chronologically.

Memory Book of the Florida State College for Women, Class of 1930.

This collection details historical fortifications in Central and South America in the late 18th Century, with emphasis on the defense of Santo Domingo during colonial times when the Dominican Republic was controlled by Spain. While Spain did control large colonies in early American history, there was also colonization amongst England, France, Portugal, and the Netherlands in the Americas until the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783; officially ending in the early 19th century.