The Student Government records contain meeting minutes, administrative files, and newspaper clippings from the Student Government at Eastern Michigan University. Records span from 1923, when Eastern Michigan University was known as Michigan State Normal College, until 2011.

Content in the Administrative Files series series include budget information, constitutions and bylaws, elections, handbooks and manuals. The Governing Bodies series contains Board of Regents, Business and Finance Committee, First Year Council, House of Representatives and Presidential Search Advisory Committee. The Minutes and Resolutions series contains meeting minutes of student government from 1967-1993, and irregular documentation between 1997-2011. The Press and Communications series consists of newspaper clippings from 1923 until 2011. With a gap in the record between 2003-2005. This series also contains publications from 2005-2006, and fliers. The Rules and Regulations series contains Rules of the House of Representatives, Rules of the Senate, Rules of the Student Government Council, Student Body Constitution, Student Government Code of Ethics, and Student Government Handbook.