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The Club Histories and Memorials series (0.6 linear feet) consists of histories of the club and memorial notes composed in honor of deceased members. Numerous histories of the Scientific Club have been produced, revised and annotated by club members over the years. The various iterations of the club's histories contained in the collection are therefore somewhat redundant, but each new revision does provide significant new information about the activities of the club over time.

Club histories were composed or revised in 1914, 1932, 1972, 1975, 1977, and approximately 1998. Frequently editors of the club history were moved to express their sentimental attachment to the club in poetry as well as prose. The 1972 history includes three folders of biographical sketches of past members of the club.

There is also a tradition of submitting "memorials," or biographical reminiscences of deceased club members, many of which are preserved in this series. The memorials are organized in several folders, some arranged alphabetically and some chronologically.

The Papers Presented series (0.4 linear feet) consists of papers on various academic topics presented by members at club meetings. Due to the prohibition on record keeping that is part of the club's tradition, most of the papers presented at meetings of the club have not been preserved. A very few of the papers are included in the collection, the bulk being papers submitted by Warren P. Lombard over his nearly forty-year membership, 1899-1937.

The Club Records series (1.0 linear feet) includes attendance logs from the club's earliest years, membership lists from various points in the club's history, and correspondence concerning potential new club members up to the first decade of the 21st century. Due to the club's constitutional aversion to record keeping, the club records in this collection are far from complete, and should be considered only as a sampling of the club's correspondence and activities that may or may not be representative.

Among the miscellanea included in the series are items of club property to which members attached special significance, including a purse of unknown origin containing some twentieth-century coins from various nations, and stock certificates from defunct mining companies in Arizona and Colorado.