Ohio State University Research Foundation (OSURF) Executive Committee Minutes contain meeting minutes produced by the executive committee of the Foundation from 1963-1972.

Ohio State University, Office of Research, Vice President for Research Records contain grant proposals, correspondence, project reports, and other administrative records related to the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 and other federal programs, the Ohio State University Research Foundation, and research activities in various colleges and departments on campus. The collection dates from 1954-1975.

The Ohio State University Research Foundation (OSURF) Annual Reports consist of annual reports published by the Foundation from 1937-1974 and 1996.

The Ohio State University Research Foundation Data Research Notebooks are microfiche copies of notebooks produced by the Ohio State University Research Foundation. The notebooks contain recordings of laboratory notes such as logs, graphs, drawings, and procedure descriptions. The entries usually record the names of observers and workers, and are signed and dated. The collection also contains a set of duplicate microfiche, a set of duplicate vesicular microfiche, and a set of diazo microfiche. The notebooks have some confirmed original document dates circa 1945, but the vast majority have unknown dates, and the microfiche itself is undated.

The Ohio State University Research Foundation (OSURF), Board of Directors Records contain files on individual Board of Trustee members within the Foundation. The files are labeled with one of the corresponding groups each member belonged to on the Board: the National Councilor Group, the Alumni Group, the Trustee Group, the Industrial Councilor Group, or the Research Group, or they are labeled with the Ohio State University office or corporation the member belonged to.

The Ohio State University Research Foundation (OSURF) Technical Reports contain annual and monthly progress reports (interim, final, technical, etc.) on research projects coordinated by the Foundation. Later projects also contain reports on research projects that were created out of the original research project, and may not relate directly back to the original research topic. Topics and sponsors of projects vary widely. The project number appears before each project description, with the reports corresponding to the project listed beneath each of these numbered descriptions. The materials date from 1935-1994.