Includes administrative materials, committee records, and minutes of faculty meetings. The great bulk of the series consists of individual faculty files, among which the most heavily represented faculty members are Robert Henry Bemis, Neely D. Gardner, E. K. (Edward Kim) Nelson, Emery E. Olson, John M. Pfiffner, Henry Reining, Jr., and Frank P. Sherwood. These papers include datebooks, correspondence, drafts of papers, reports, and, occasionally, personal materials.

Includes records for various agencies created in cooperation with other USC schools or with extra-mural partners. These include the Center for Administration of Justice, the Center for Effectiveness in Public Service, the Center for Management Education, the Center for Public Affairs, the Center for Research in Public Organization, the Center for Social Action, the Center for Training and Development, the Center for Urban Affairs, and the Civic Center.