Scope and Contents Collection contains books, photographs, art work, and artifacts focusing primarily on the first fifty years of the university. The bulk of the collection is artifacts, mostly felt pennants. Books are either related to courses or donated by early students or faculty. Many of the artifacts come from the chemistry laboratory and the first permanent building, Old Central.

Scope and Contents Collection contains brochures, newsletters, syllabi, selected experiments, faculty research, and manuals from the Oklahoma State University Department of Chemistry. Also includes the serials "Library Problems in Chemical Literature" and "Library Exercises in Chemical Literature" along with manuals for both, by Gorin and Dermer.