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The Administration series (1971-2000) contains program reviews, reports, correspondence, and committee material for the Program on Studies in Religion.

Mitchell Dahood (1922-1982) was an American Jesuit Hebraist and Bible scholar who became a professor of the Hebrew language, and of the Ancient Near East languages Ugaritic and Eblaite, at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. After Dahood's death, the Society of Biblical Literature established the Mitchell Dahood Memorial Prize, which recognizes young scholars of the ancient Near East for excellence in research. The Mitchell Dahood Memorial Prize series (1982-1997) contains information on the various competitors for, and winners of, the Mitchell Dahood Memorial Prize competition. This series also includes correpondence between nominating parties and several faculty members of the Program on Studies in Religion, who were members of the competition committee.

The Hans Kung series (1980-1988) contains materials regarding Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author, Hans Kung, with particular emphasis on Kung's interactions with the Program on Studies in Religion as a visiting professor at the University of Michigan. Materials include papers for Hans Kung, planning information for his visit to U of M, course information and lectures from his time as a visiting professor at U of M, and general publicity and correspondence.

The Courses, Seminars, and Lectures series (1971-1992) consists of academic materials from the various courses, seminars, and lectures that were conducted through the Program on Studies in Religion during this period. In addition to general course information, student research papers, and audiovisual material of various lectures, are also included.