The Undergraduate Research Center collection is separated into two different series, University and Minnesota State system.

University: The University series mainly consists of programs from the Undergraduate Research Conferences and Symposia that Minnesota State University, Mankato has put

on since 1999. There are two types of programs in the collection. The first type are brief programs and include a schedule of events for the conference, such as who is speaking and when. The second type of program is an abstract program which, along with the schedule of events, contains abstracts from each speakers’ presentations. The series also contains: URC reports, publications, and memorabilia.

Minnesota State system: The Minnesota State system series primarily contains programs from the Posters at St. Paul and Minnesota Conference of Undergraduate Scholarly and Creative Activity.