The collection contains 346 classic football programs from 1905 to 1993.

The Athletics general vertical file contains clippings, pamphlets, brochures, reports, press releases, advertisements, and ephemera issued by and concerning Penn State athletics. Topics include athletics association, basketball, Big Ten, bowling, boxing, cross country, fencing, football (including bowl games), golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, intramurals, lacrosse, Nittany Lion Club, olympics, schedules, skating (ice rhythms), soccer, Sportsletter, swimming, tennis, track and field, varsity athletics, volleyball, women's sports, and wrestling.

The collection was gathered to document women's sports at Penn State. It includes records about the National Collegiate Athletic Association governance, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women and its regional branch, Eastern Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, Title IX legislation, and Penn State's Intercollegiate Athletics.

This collection includes files documenting Penn State athletes.

This collection documents the Penn State All-Sports Museum; materials include building plans, artifact inventories, proposals, budget material, correspondence, exhibit design, policies, and work sheets.

This collection consists of 26 audiovisual recordings (U-Matic and VHS) of Penn State Ice Pavilion's annual figure skating performance named 'Ice Rhythms.'

The collection documents Pennsylvania State University's men's and women's intercollegiate bowling teams. Materials include media guides, statistics, newspaper clippings, photographs, and conference tournament programs.

The collection documents Pennsylvania State University's fencing team, competitions, and events. Materials include media guides, statistics, newspaper clippings, photographs, and A/V recordings.

The collection documents the intercollegiate rifle team at The Pennsylvania State University; materials include team scores and team statistics, financial records, color photographic slides, and newspaper clippings.

The collection contains photographs of students, fans, and coaching staff participating in organized sports, as well as the Nittany Lion mascot, Olympics and sports camps.

The collection contains executive and administrative records (annual reports, executive reports, board minutes, constitution and bylaws, treasurer's records, handbooks, student organization directories); intramural/extramural program records (board minutes, Sports Day records, activities' publicity); club activities (minutes, correspondence, reports, forms); special projects records (banquets, dances, charities, volunteer projects and events);and scrapbooks (clippings, photographs, programs, invitations).

The collection contains correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, materials concerning football clinics, college all-star and bowl games, and honorary and professional organizations. There are also college and university materials from Pennsylvania State College, Pennsylvania State University, Brown University, Western Maryland College, and other colleges.

This collection documents the career of Ernest B. McCoy, dean of the College of Physical Education and Penn State athletic director. Materials include correspondence, awards, certificates, photographs, calendars, pamphlets, articles and publications.

The collection consists of the papers of Pennsylvania State University coach and kinesiology professor George Thomas Tait. It includes his correspondence, information on international matches, clippings, programs, and scrapbooks about PSU athletics.

This collection of papers of Gillian D. Rattray documents her career as Penn State head coach of lacrosse and field hockey. It includes articles, awards, photographs, and correspondence.

This collection includes newspaper clipping scrapbooks, magazine articles, team yearbooks, media guides, and photographs, as well as papers related to lacrosse face masks and histories of intercollegiate lacrosse in the United States.

The collection contains materials related to Bezdek's career at Oregon and Penn State.

This collection consists of the office files of Penn State's sports information director Budd Thalman. Materials include correspondence, contract information for radio and television stations, publicity materials, and Big Ten meeting minutes with related materials.

This collection consists of materials related to CoSIDA, conferences and tournaments, sports journalism, and women in sports. Includes correspondence, speeches, reprints, and other material.

This collection of the papers of Professor Maxwell R. Garret are arranged as a disassembled scrapbook with correspondence, photographs, booklets, manuals, articles, and clippings.

The collection contains a general history of football at Penn State including material on rule developments, Beaver Field (now Beaver Stadium), traditions and spirit, administration of athletics, and origins and history of the game. Also, includes material for Riley's book, The Road to Number One, arranged chronologically by the tenure of the individual football coach.

The collection of the papers of Ronald A. Smith consist primarily of course readings and articles on sports history, Native American sports, and physical education. These materials complement the comprehensive collection of sport history books he donated to Pennsylvania State University Archives.