The collection on the Purdue University seal documents the evolution of the seal (griffin brand or logo). Materials include correspondence, articles, printed ephemera, artifacts, and Purdue publications, including publications from World War II such as "Purdue serves because Purdue was prepared: Purdue University in the war" by Thomas R. Johnston and a Purdue Alumnus issue from 1943.

Booklets, reports, magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, and announcements, published or acquired by the School of Agriculture.

Administrative books, correspondence, financial records, faculty minutes, reports, and other materials documenting the administration, history, and growth of the College of Agriculture.

Booklets, constitutions, correspondence, meeting minutes, pamphlets, programs, and reports pertaining to the history, administration, and activities of various associations, fraternities, societies, associated with Purdue University’s College of Agriculture.

Bulletins, circulars, correspondence, financial records, letter books, research bulletins, and reports documenting the history, administration, and activities of Agricultural Research at Purdue and its predecessor, the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station.  The vast majority of materials in this collection are related to the Experiment Station.

Correspondence, Financial Records, Letter Books, Letters, and Reports documenting the history, administration, and activities of Agricultural Extension at Purdue University and its precursor, the Farmers’ Institute.

Guidebooks, newsletters, brochures, resource manuals, DVDs, and etc. documenting the service of Purdue’s Breaking New Ground Resource Center and the U.S.D.A.’s Agrbility Program.

The College of Agriculture, Administration of the College of Agriculture, Records consists of correspondence relating to the history, administration, and work of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE), a bound book consisted of numerous issues of the "Agricultural and Biological Enginnering Newsletter", and photographs of previous experiments, faculty, students, and guest speakers.

Correspondence, field notebooks, photo albums, photographs, reports, slides, soil notebooks, and other materials documenting the history, administration, and activities of the College of Agriculture’s Department of Agronomy.

Correspondence, Financial Records, Newsletters, and Reports documenting the history and activities of the Department of Animal Sciences, and its precursors, the Departments of Animal Husbandry, Poultry Husbandry, and Dairy Husbandry.

Correspondence, applicant materials, and reports documenting the history and administration of the Department of Botany & Plant Pathology.

Correspondence and reports documenting the history and administration of the Department of Entomology and Entomology Experiment Station work.

Reports, directory, and pamphlet pertaining to the Department of Food Science

Correspondence, lantern slides, reports, and other materials documenting the history and administration of the Department of Forestry & Natural Resources.