This collection contains the records of the Office of University Relations at the time of transfer. This includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, and office records relating to commencement, colleges, and universities, local businesses, governance committees, councils, and the University Assembly, the Governance Workshop (May 8-9, 1970), State of Illinois departments and commissions, printing, salaries, inter-office memos, job applications, land and area planning, law school, ground breaking, special events, university week, the Illinois Board of Higher Education, The Illinois Board of Regents, Springfield organizations and clubs, the Springfield Area Arts Council, and other university materials.

This collection has the following series: Series One: Business and Civic Organizations – Information and Correspondence. Series Two: Colleges and Universities - Information and Correspondence Series Three: Committee Records, Working Papers, and Memos Series Fours: Memos and Letters Series Five: Working Papers Series Six: Publicity Series Seven: State of Illinois Series Eight: Public Information

Notes about series: 1: Apart from series eight, the material within each series is in alphabetical order. 2: Series Seven, State of Illinois was split in to multiple boxes before the time of reprocessing.