The Mary Elizabeth Ewing Scrapbook is dark brown, measuring 16.6" x 12" and bearing the title "The University of North Dakota Memory Book" on its cover-page. An ownership tag on the second page identifies it as the property of Mary Elizabeth Ewing, and states she was a member of the Class of 1923 and a resident of Larimore Hall.

The next eight pages contain information about Mary's friends, including their names, dates of their signatures, hometowns, birthdates, nicknames, class years, etc. (space was provided for photographs, but only two friends are actually pictured). Following are several pages for recording information about varsity sports, all of them left blank except for the sections for football and basketball. Additional entries were made under the headings "Societies", "Stunts, Spreads, Parties, etc.", "College, Class, and Social Functions", "My Favorites", and "The Faculty." On a page marked "Dormitories at U.N.D.", Mary mounted pictures of Corwin-Larimore and Sayre Halls, as well as Macnie and Budge Halls. The next two pages contain photographs of the Main Building (formerly located between Merrifield and Twamley; now the site of the Eternal Flame), Science Hall (demolished), University Commons (now Montgomery Hall), and the old Library Building (now used for administration).

The remainder of the book contains various photographs, notes, programs, and other items of memorabilia. It appears that many more items were part of the scrapbook at one point, but have since been lost.