The Norton S. Townshend Papers contain copies of the following: manuscripts, personal, business and political correspondence, legal documents, a typescript biography of Townshend by his grandson, H. Percy Boynton, correspondence from Townshend to his parents and other family members including Sarah Wood, and letters from relatives in England. It also contains copies of Townshend's correspondence with Salmon P. Chase regarding Ohio political issues, land records for property in Elyria, Ohio, and a microfilm copy of Townshend's Civil War medical officer's file. The collection also contains two copies of a final manuscript by Robert McCormick of a book about Norton Townshend.

The Ohio State University, Board of Trustees Correspondence contains correspondence organized by correspondent and various topics and issues.

The Ohio State University, Office of the President (James Hulme Canfield) Records contain applications, committee minutes, Board of Trustees correspondence and reports, budget materials, general correspondence, letter books, a scrapbook, and publications.

The Ohio State University, Office of the President (Walter Quincy Scott) Records contain writings, speeches, and correspondence from 1868 to 1910.

The Ohio State University, Office of the President (William Henry Scott) Records contain faculty minutes, committee records, reports, class record books, correspondence, speeches, an index to a personal library, exams, writings, and other publications. Some files have a microfiche copy.