Scope and Contents Collection contains campus building blueprints, correspondence, maps, newspaper clippings, publications, and source information collected by David Peters during the writing of the Campus volume of the Oklahoma State University Centennial History series. Peters covered the origins of the campus in 1890 through approximately 1928. The other two authors of the book, J. Lewie Sanderson and R. Dean McGlamery, covered the rest of the campus history from c. 1928. Their notes were never acquired.

Scope and Contents Collection contains material transferred from the Oklahoma State University Museum to the University Archives in the OSU Library, January 2000. Descriptions are those provided by the OSU Museum. Includes photographs of campus buildings, people, and events; Stillwater, Oklahoma buildings, people, and events; memorabilia from campus events; plaques and certificates; and medals and trophies from campus events.