This collection is composed of four viewbooks - three from Sam Houston Normal Institute and one from Sam Houston State Teachers College. The viewbooks provide black-and-white photographs and written information about SHNI/SHSTC.

This collection contains reproductions of original historic Sam Houston State University photographs from 1906 to the 1970s. The ten photograph reproductions include early aerials of the campus, the Old Main Building in various years, an exhibit of Sam Houston Normal College memorabilia, a display of an early science lab in the Science and Administration Building, and a group photograph of the 1908 Sam Houston Normal Institute faculty.

This collection is composed of 44 colorized, color, and black-and-white postcards from 1906-2000 depicting Sam Houston Normal Institute, Sam Houston State Teachers College, and Sam Houston State University.

The materials in this collection are composed of 175 separate issues of the Alumnus Magazine.

This collection is composed of thirty-two photograph reprints done by Weston McCoy for the Sam Houston State University Alumni Association for their contribution to the Centennial Memorabilia Collection celebrating SHSU's 100 years.

These reprints feature the early days of SHSU when it was Sam Houston Normal Institute and Sam Houston State Teachers College.