The booklet describes the organization responsible for the Fifth Annual Southern California Science Fair, held in April at the Los Angeles County Museum. A list of student exhibitors includes their name, grade, exhibit title, school, and teacher.

Arnold Beckman sat on the Science Fair's Advisory Board and Beckman Instruments was a sponsor and contributor. An organizational chart is inscribed with the names of committee members and others involved in the 1957 Science Fair; that year, Beckman was an assistant chair of the Operations Committee.