Essays written by Z. Lytton Reagan, a student at the University of Arkansas (then the Arkansas Industrial University) and photographs pertaining to the University and Phi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Zenas Lytton Reagan was a student at the Arkansas Industrial University, starting in the Preparatory Department in 1900 and earning his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering in 1908. From 1915 to 1921 he served as a member of the university's Board of Trustees. He died in 1976.

The material consists of several essays written by Lytton Reagan while he was in the Preparatory Department and a number of photographs apparently collected during his years at the University.