The Chancellor's Office Subject File 1996-1998 consists of correspondence and materials from Naomi Lynn's administration. These files contain correspondence, reports, evaluations, invitations, proposals, and miscellaneous documents between President Lynn and such organizations as the American Association of Higher Learning (AAHL), Association of American Colleges (AAC), Association of Governing Board of Universities and Colleges (AGB), and the Illinois Committee on Black Concerns in Higher Education (ICBCHE). There are also folders regarding academic deans, legal matters, news releases, the Sangamo Club, salaries, promotions, complaints, compliments, and teacher education.

Subjects include: collective bargaining, campus grounds, civil service personnel, course offerings, drug prevention, food pantry, fund raising, nursing, registration, registrar, tenure, tuition, and underrepresented groups.