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These boxes contain binders of information and other materials (notes, correspondence, memos, reports, etc.) from the files in the Office of the Secretary. Materials were created during the tenure of Secretaries Betty Jemmott, Corinne Rieder, interim Secretary DiAnn K. Pierce and R. Keith Walton, but also contain materials that date from earlier administrations. They were received in March 2000, but were not given an accession number until November, 2001, and are housed in five record cartons. It also includes a record carton containing three binders of information concerning the Committee on Logo received in December 2001 (Acc.No. 2001-051).

These files were transferred to the University Archives from the Office of the Secretary at an unknown date, but presumably in the late 1990s. They consist of some alphabetical subject/correspondence files (e.g. appointment letters, emeritus designations, crank letters, South Africa, etc.) as well as general correspondence files from 1980-1995 (bulk 1986-1990) which were found loose and arranged chronologically by archives staff. The general correspondence files consist primarily of letters to and from Secretaries of the University Marion E. Jemmott and Corinne H. Rieder who would answer routine questions about University history, alumni attendance, professor appointments, use of the Seal and other similar topics. All folders are now acid-free, original folder titles were maintained if deemed appropriate and new folder titles were created as needed. Metal was not removed and some file contents may not be in exact chronological order.

This box of documents was located in a record carton with other materials in Low 408C, to which was appended a note in DH's handwriting. Accessioned as 2002-019 by M. Pettit 4/22/2002, foldered and shelved. The divided binder contained procedural information for the Secretary's use, as well as copies of intra-office correspondence on sensitive matters and a copy of a 1966 handwritten report on faculty attrition. The documents within each divided section of the binder have been left as found, but staples and paperclips were removed.