Special Collections Department

403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011

phone: 515 294-6672
email: archives@iastate.edu

University Archives

Special Collections Department - University Archives - Guidelines for Transfers and Donations - Academic Departments

General Records Retention Guidelines: ISU Academic and Administrative Departments

 

Files to be Transferred to the Iowa State University Archives:

 

All records transferable to the Iowa State University Archives must be six years old or older prior to their transfer. Please consult the University Archives' Policy and Procedure for Transfer of University Records prior to preparing your offices' files for transfer to the University Archives. Further assistance is available from the University Archives, (515) 294-6672.

  1. Accreditation files
    1. Records concerning the college's accreditation. May include correspondence, reports, questionnaires, guidelines, and other related records
  2. Annual reports files
    1. Annual reports of the academic department.
  3. Calendars of Events, for the academic department
  4. Committees files, departmental
    1. Records concerning departmental academic committees. Files may include minutes of meetings, reports, notifications, correspondence, and other pertinent records.
  5. Committees and councils files
    1. Records concerning various college and university-wide committees and councils with which the academic department deals. Files may include minutes of meetings, reports, notifications, correspondence, and other pertinent records.
  6. Correspondence files
    1. Official departmental correspondence.
  7. Course syllabi/outlines files
    1. Syllabus and/or outlines for each course offered by the academic department.
  8. Department Head's files
    1. Records maintained by the Department Head concerning departmental programs and activities. Files may include correspondence, memorandums, reports, directives, and other related records.
  9. Departmental programs files
    1. Records concerning departmental academic programs. Files may include program proposals and descriptions, administrative documents, correspondence, and other related records.
  10. Departmental reports files
    1. Reference copies of reports generated by the academic department.
  11. E-mail
    1. Official correspondence generated by the Dept. Head and/or academic department.
  12. Extension files
    1. Any correspondence, photographs, or printed materials that document the work of University Extension.
  13. Faculty lists and directories of the academic department
  14. Faculty information files
    1. Files containing biographical/professional information about individual faculty of the academic department.
  15. General administrative files
    1. Records concerning the administration of the departmental office. Files may include reports, memorandums, correspondence, directives, and other related records.
  16. Grant proposal files
    1. Proposals for grants awarded to the college and/or its academic departments. Proposals should be filed with the Grants File which contains other documents on the particular grant project.
  17. Grants files
    1. Records concerning specific grants awarded to and/or administered by the college and/or its academic departments. May include grant proposals, final and progess reports, contracts, regulations and guidelines, correspondence, audits and other related records.
  18. History files
    1. General informational files on the development of the academic department. May include notes, typescripts, publications, newsletters, reports, correspondence, photographs, and other related records
  19. Meetings files, faculty
    1. Records concerning departmental faculty meetings. May include memoranda, agenda, meeting minutes, reports, and other related records
  20. Organizations and associations files
    1. Records concerning various faculty, staff, student, and professional organizations and associations with which the academic department deals. Files may include correspondence, reports, publications, minutes, announcements, and other related records.
  21. Photograph files
    1. Photographic prints and/or negatives of the academic department's activities, functions, facilities, and its faculty, staff and students.
  22. Policies and procedures files
    1. Includes files and manuals specific to the academic department of past and present policies and procedures.
  23. Publications, faculty
    1. Publications by the faculty of the academic department. Publications of non-ISU faculty are to be destroyed when their usefulness as reference files ends.
  24. Research projects files
    1. Records concerning various departmental research projects. Files may include reports, correspondence, project descriptions, and other related records.
  25. Self-Study reports and files
  26. Special gifts files
    1. Records concerning special gifts to the academic department. Files may include correspondence, agreements and stipulations, descriptions of gifts, accession information, and other related records.
  27. Speeches files
    1. Scripts of speeches given by the Department Head and faculty.

 

Academic Departmental Files NOT ACCEPTED by the ISU University Archives (to be destroyed or transferred elsewhere):

 

For further assistance, please contact:

 

Michele Christian, Associate Professor
University Records Analyst
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
Phone: (515)-294-4216
Email: michelec@iastate.edu or archives@iastate.edu