The Robert W. Nelson Photographs contains ten black-and-white photographs circa 1918-1923 of prominent Huntsville sites, including early Sam Houston Normal Institute buildings, Sam Houston's Woodland Home, and the fourth Walker County Courthouse. It additionally contains a photograph of two women posing by the side of the Old Main Building.

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.