The materials from the State Normal School date from 1899 to 1997; the later materials largely either pertain to reunions of Normal School students or were created by the Navy Supply Corps Museum. The earlier materials include yearbooks, photographs, student notebooks, financial documents (especially pertaining to the construction of Winnie Davis Memorial Hall), and writings about the Normal School. Biographical information and photographs of several presidents of the school are included. Although many of the photographs and postcards in the collection are reproductions, nonetheless several original photographs from the early Twentieth Century comprise a significant feature of this collection. Among them are a panoramic photograph of students and staff, posed in front of Normal School buildings facing Prince Avenue, ca. 1912-1913, and unique shots of varied individuals associated with the school and buildings on the campus that have since been demolished.

Much of the material pertaining to the Navy Supply Corps School consists of Command Histories spanning the years, 1953-1976. Also included are correspondence, photographs, clippings, yearbooks, and newsletters. Finally, a large portion of the Navy Supply Corps School series comprises proposals and plans regarding reuse of the property upon the close of the school.

The final folder of the Student Work subseries of the Normal School series contains issues of the Red and Black Jr., a student publication of the University of Georgia Department of Education's Demonstration School, which operated on the Normal School campus in the late 1930s-early 1940s. The issues are as follows: Vol. 1 No. 1 (October 6, 1939)--portions cut out; Vol. 1 No. 2 (October 13, 1939)--portions cut out; October 20, 1939 (no issue numbering)--portions cut out; Vol. 1 No. 4 (October 27, 1939); Vol. 1 No. 5 (November 3, 1939); Vol. 1 No. 6 (November 10, 1939); Volume 1 Number 7 (Nov. 17, 1939); Vol. 1 No. 8 (Nov. 22, 1939); Vol. 1 No. 9 (Dec. 1, 1939); Vol. 1 No. 10 (Dec. 8, 1939); Vol. 1 No. 11 (Dec. 15, 1939); Vol. 1 No. 12 (Dec. 22, 1939); Vol. 1 No. 13 (Jan. 12, 1940); Vol. 1 No. 17 (Feb. 23, '40); Vol. 1 No. 19 (Mar. 15, '40); Vol. 1 No. [blank--presumed to be No. 21] (Mar. 29, '40); Vol. 1 No. 22 (April 12, '40); Vol. 1 No. 25 (May 3, 1940); Vol. 1 No. 26 (May 10, '40); Vol. 1 No. 27 (May 17, 1940); Vol. 1 No. 28 (May 24, 1940); and Vol. 1 No. 29 (June, 1940)--one complete copy, water damaged, and portions of a second copy.

In the organization of this collection, the title, State Normal School, at times applies to that organization’s later titles, both informal (State Normal College) and official (Georgia State Teachers College), as well as organizations that were housed on the same campus (University of Georgia Coordinate College and University of Georgia Demonstration School) before the Navy’s purchase of the property.