The Leadership Institute Series consists of materials pertaining to Bennis’ role as founding chairman of the USC Marshall School's Leadership Institute. Types of materials include financial reports, budgeting and funding information, grant proposals, board meetings, awards, and evaluations mostly related to the development of the USC Presidential Fellows program. This series also includes correspondence, mostly between Warren Bennis, James O’Toole and the Kellogg Foundation, as well as class profiles and biographies on past Leadership Institute Presidential Fellows.