The School of Architecture's administrative records contain interoffice memos, records relating to accreditation and the development of the curriculum, financial records, and records that document other activities. The bulk of the records are housed in the Events and Administrative Publications subseries, which contains an extensive collection of flyers (bulk 1980-1990), posters, and other materials documenting School-sponsored events, lectures, and functions. The visiting critics records contain lecture and visit itineraries, biographical sketches of scholars, and creative works by individuals chosen by the School of Architecture to speak to the School or serve as temporary adjunct faculty.

The bulk of the records in this series stem from Harold (Hal) Box's tenure as Dean of the School of Architecture (1976-1992). However, there are a few memos and pieces of correspondence from other deans, such as Larry Speck. The records from the Dean's Council consist of one printed report from 1974. The creative works subseries contains writings of past deans, such as the article by Dean Box entitled "Architectural Education in the 80s."

Series C1 (General) consists of material relating to the faculty as a whole (rosters and résumés in particular) and material that cannot be attributed to one individual. Series C2 (Faculty Members) consists of material relating to individual faculty members. Of note is Hugo Kuehne's correspondence from 1911 to 1913. Syllabi form the greatest part of the course material. It should be noted that not all case files include all sub-series files; for example, the only current "Membership" file is in Blake Alexander's case file.

This series contains issues of ten SOA publications produced between 1977 to the present; four of them are oversized and thus housed separately. These publications were intended for both internal and external audiences and primarily contain information on the activities of the School and its faculty, students, and alumni. Included is the publication , from the Center for the Study of American Architecture and Design

The Center for the Study of American Architecture and Design (CAAD), originally known as the Center for the Study of Southwestern Architecture, was established in 1981. The Center's goal is "to provide scholars, practitioners, students, and others with opportunities to examine contemporary and historical issues in architecture and other related design disciplines." CAAD's printed public relations materials make up the bulk of this series. The proposal for the establishment of the Center, memos, and other records provide insight into the purpose of and activities sponsored by the Center. One such activity is the organization of conferences and symposiums, for instance the 1986 symposium "Architecture in the Age of Information."

The photographic materials in this series are generally of unidentified subjects. Lack of adequate information on the content of the photographs led to the decision to subdivide them chronologically. The vast majority of the photographs are black-and-white depictions of School of Architecture faculty and students. The collection of oversized mounted color photographs are primarily of campus scenes, though there are black-and-white photographs of architectural students circa 1920-1930. The Sutton Hall photographs, which are also oversized color prints, show various architectural features of Sutton Hall. Another series of mounted photographs documents the construction of Goldsmith Hall, 1931-1933.

The majority of the material in this series comprises a collection of hundreds of lantern slides depicting architectural and archeological scenes. The lantern slides, housed in an antique wooden cabinet and as yet unprocessed, were used by faculty members as a valuable visual teaching resource for class lectures. The Goldsmith renovation model is a 3-D architectural model created prior to the construction of the Goldsmith Hall addition.

The Unprocessed Material series consists of one legal-size archival box of clippings and five binders of mostly photocopies; they are in addition to the unprocessed lantern slides in Series G. The clippings file contains newspaper articles ranging from the 1940s to 2000 on a variety of subjects such as the University of Texas, the School of Architecture, and architecture in general. Five binders contain a total of 8 linear inches of photocopied articles, clippings and notes concerning the School of Architecture, arranged under subject, chronological and biographical headings. These materials date from the 1910s to 1980s and appear to have been intentionally compiled as a history of the School of Architecture and its key faculty over the years.

The Architecture Student Government Records subseries contains just a few scattered pieces of documentation concerning elections for the Architecture Student Council. Among the records documenting student competitions are a TSA (Texas Society of Architects) design competition and a proposed renewal (1992) of the School of Architecture's tradition of an annual "Box Kite" competition.

The records of the Association of Student Architects (ASA) are few in number. They primarily consist of scrapbooks and colorful invitations documenting the Annual Architects' Wind-Up Ball, a social function organized by SOA students. The telegram (1930) is an amusing joke telegram whereby the sender pretended to be Ptah, the ancient Egyptian architect of the Nile and the School's patron saint. Ptah's presence, whether in the form of students dressed up as the Egyptian figure, or through his depiction on association materials, is a recurring theme of ASA events and activities.

Tau Sigma Delta was the local chapter of a national honor society for architecture and the allied arts. The bulk of this series consists of correspondence regarding both national and local chapter activities and administration. The membership records include dozens of completed membership cards from the 1930s to the 1960s, and several records documenting the chapter's initiation ritual, which consisted in part of asking pledges to provide a creative answer to a question with an architectural theme. This initiation ritual was known as the initiatory presentation.

The records of the Student Architects' Wives Association were originally housed in a single notebook according to year. The original order has been maintained. The President's records consist of rosters, minutes and notes concerning SAWA meetings and planned events, such as the graduation banquet. The Women's Architectural League records, though housed in the same notebook as the SAWA, belong to a separate but related local association. The records consist primarily of newsletters from the 1960s that document the League's many activities, such as raising scholarship funds, and the annual Christmas party. The Women's Architectural League records also contain a register of the children of architecture students.

This series houses records and copies of four student publications: Image, Image Newsletter, Parti, and Slab. The bulk of the records consist of production files for Image - not only copies of the journal, but also article drafts, correspondence, subscription and financial records, and photographs. Image Newsletter served as a complementary publication; some of its production records also are included.

This series contains course work by individual students, such as a study of Canterbury Cathedral by Donald Denson submitted to Professor Blake Alexander. There are also several projects by groups of students, such as the Main Street Project in Hillsboro, Texas. The group projects were usually packaged as amateur publications. The student assessment, written in 1967, is a collection of constructive criticisms aimed at improving the School of Architecture. The assessment was submitted to the faculty by a group of over 20 students. The photographic materials are generally unidentified negatives labeled as student work.

This series primarily consists of case files which document the work of former School of Architecture students. Many students, such as Bartlett Cocke, kept in contact with the School and sent in articles or brochures from the architecture firms at which they were employed. Alumni publications have changed frequently over the years. The earliest publication in this series is Ptah, named for the ancient architect of the Nile, and the School's mascot. The Alumni publication subseries and school reunion materials, including one videotape, are evidence of the School's contact with former School of Architecture students.

Ptah, the ancient Egyptian architect of the Nile, dutifully served as the School of Architecture's mascot and guardian. Traditionally, at the Architects' Wind-up Ball, a student in the guise of Ptah addressed the audience. This small wooden sculpture is a representation of Ptah.