Material documents the administration of the department and its various programs, centers, and institutes. Specific information includes Faculty Executive Committee Meeting Minutes and committee rosters, the department’s 1993 evaluation by an outside entity, reports detailing the creation of the department, correspondence between the Center for Midclle Eastern Studies director and faculty of summer archeological exploration project in the Middle East (includes updates and progress reports), Center’s participation and membership in national groups focusing on Middle Eastern studies.Personal and business correspondence including financial and legal papers, postcards, greeting cards, domestic material, newspaper clippings, and photographs, arranged chronologically by subject.