The collection is comprised of four items from Sam Houston Normal Institute’s (SHNI) first homecoming in 1910: an invitation to Homecoming Day, a Homecoming program, an envelope, and a nametag.

The May Dee and Sarah Francis Smith Collection contain original materials from the sisters' time at Sam Houston Normal Institue and Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School. The materials from SHNI include diplomas, a Teachers Permanent Certificate, commencement programs, an official transcript, a song booklet, and a faculty portrait collage. The matriculated certificate is from the Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School.

This collection is made up of twenty-five black and white photographs, a Sam Houston Normal Institute Diploma, a Sam Houston Normal Institute Commencement program, and a signed pillow cover from Lula Myrtle Teague Cox's childhood.

The May Dee and Sarah Francis Smith Collection contain original materials from the sisters' time at Sam Houston Normal Institue and Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School. The materials from SHNI include diplomas, a Teachers Permanent Certificate, commencement programs, an official transcript, a song booklet, and a faculty portrait collage. The matriculated certificate is from the Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School.

This collection is composed of a reproduced photogrpah, typed letters between Margaret Percival and Barbara Kievit-Mason, a type-up of Jessie McFarland's letter, typed biograohical information about Jessie McFarland by Margaret Percival, and newspaper article clippings about Sam Houston State Teachers College.