The collection contains documents about the inaugural planning process for ceremonies for six Presidents of Southeast Missouri State. It includes interoffice memos, planning committee agendas and minutes, correspondence, lists of events, media information, invitations, speech notes, programs, press articles, congratulatory letters, and photos for each president. The collection is arranged chronologically by order of inauguration of the presidents.

The collection contains documents about the inaugural planning process for ceremonies for six Presidents of Southeast Missouri State. It includes interoffice memos, planning committee agendas and minutes, correspondence, lists of events, media information, invitations, speech notes, programs, press articles, congratulatory letters, and photos for each president. The collection is arranged chronologically by order of inauguration of the presidents.

Correspondence and interoffice memoranda of the planning committee, press releases, planning notes and seating charts, typescripts of speeches, list of faculty participants and institutions represented, programs and clippings from ceremonies inaugurating Southeast Missouri State University Presidents Mark F. Scully (1957), Robert E. Leestamper (1975), Bill W. Stacy (1980), Kala M. Stroup (1990), Dale F. Nitzschke (1997), and Kenneth W. Dobbins (1999).