The Athletics collection has been divided into four series. Items in each section have been arranged alphabetically and by topic. The series are: Combined Men's and Women's Athletics, Women's Athletics, Men's Athletics, and Men's and Women's Media Guides.

The University Athletics collection contains materials produced by the Minnesota State University athletics programs and the university's predecessor institutions since 1925. Included are documents concerning the men's and women's athletics programs, and discussion over combining the two programs. The collection includes sports schedules, budgets and fmancial documents, office correspondence, and official athletic organizational policies.

Combined Men's and Women's Athletics: 1944-Ongoing: This series contains a large amount of correspondence, as well as financial reports, Title IX information, and minutes of meetings.

Women's Athletics, 1925-Ongoing: Contained in this series are documents about women's sports, in addition to the impact of the federal enactment of Title IX on the administration of sports.

Men's Athletics, c. 1926-Ongoing: These items are mainly information about specific men's athletics sports, as well as correspondence from the men's athletics department when it was separate from the joint men's and women's program.

Men's and Women's Athletic Media Guides: 1986-Ongoing: This series consists of the guided that were released for different sports that contained information about the players, which radio and television stations covered the games, past statistics of the player and the season schedule.