This collection contains administrative materials such as meeting minutes, departmental program information, correspondence and personnel files. A large bulk of the collection is dedicated to the numerous external and internal reviews of the department from 1975 to 1994. The collection also includes publications and publicity, as well as personal correspondence, and details relating to a visit by Joseph Brodsky.
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures collection dates from 1966 to 1999, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1968 to 1994. The material in the collection came in one accession, and its original order was maintained as much as possible. Materials are grouped by the following series: Administrative, Miscellaneous and Publications and Publicity. Within these series, the original order was retained.