Scope and Contents Collection contains Newsom’s handwritten notes for his research, photocopies of research material, copies of his newspaper articles, photographs, microfilm of newspapers, copy negatives and many other types of film. The books in the collection concern the history of Oklahoma. Only one of his books is included.

Scope and Contents Collection contains information on short courses and conferences, stylebooks, newsletters, faculty papers from the School of Journalism and Broadcasting at Oklahoma State University. The collection also includes Paul Miller Lecture series.

Scope and Contents Collection contains issues of Trout's Communication Research Reports, which were published by Oklahoma State University Professor Clement E. Trout. The last issue was published at Trout's death and includes tributes to him.