Abstract: Records largely consisting of minutes of various committees, correspondence, planning documents, reports, manuals, handbooks, brochures, several newsletters, as well as unclassified personnel files (restricted). The collection documents proposals and the planning and development of graduate programs and courses; policies and procedures; staffing, budgeting, and research; admissions and enrollments. The collection also documents activities of the Graduate School research centers including the Center for Great Lakes Studies and the Great Lakes Research Facility, the Center for Twentieth Century Studies, the Center for Women's Studies, the Laboratory for Surface Studies, the Urban Research Center, the UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity and its predecessor, the Center for the Study of Minorities and Disadvantaged Students. Materials documenting the activities of the Office of Industrial Research and Technology Transfer, the Office of International Studies and Programs, and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs are also included. The collection also contains photographs taken for various Graduate School publications and news releases.