Record Group Collections

Serving as the institutional memory of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the Record Group (RG) Collections document the fascinating history of IUP from its creation as Indiana State Normal School in 1875 to the present day. Collection finding aids are accessible using ArchivesSpace.

Record Groups include information generated by campus offices, departments, and the unions represented at the university. Specific record groups from IUP offices and departments include:

Visit IUP Publications and IUP History for more archival materials from IUP’s history.

Record Group Listing

RG#	Collection Finding Aid	Inclusive Dates	Research Interests
RG 1	Stock Certificates related to the Sale of the Indiana State Normal School to the Commonwealth	1869-1928	Deeds and Stock Certificates
RG 2	Administrative Manuals	1949-1991	Employee Publications (see Record Group 100)
RG 3	IUP Council of Trustees	1871-2010s	History, Meeting Minutes, correspondence (https://www.iup.edu/trustees/)
RG 4	IUP Buildings and Grounds	1875-2010s	Campus Maps and History
RG 5	Board of Normal School Principals Proceedings	1896-1974	History and Publications
RG 6	Review of the Personnel Policies of the Board of Presidents	1950-1987	Policies and Office files
RG 7	Board of State College and University Directors	1977-1982	Meeting Minutes and Office files
RG 8	Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE)	1983-2000	Meeting Minutes, Policies, and Reports
RG 9	Commission for State Colleges and Universities	1965-1999	Minutes, Policies and Reports
RG 10	Annual Statements and Reports to the Trustees	1909-2000s	Annual Reports from Principals and Presidents
RG 11	Office of the President	1909-2010s	Meeting Minutes, Reports, and Office files
RG 12	Association of Educational Office Employees (IUPAES) Records	1964-1984	Newsletters, Committees, Reports, and Minutes
RG 13	President’s Reports	1949-1994	Reports, correspondence, publications (https://www.iup.edu/president/)
RG 14	Councils and Committees	1930s-2010s	Minutes and Reports
RG 15	Women’s Advisory Council	1919-1994	Brochures and Press Releases
RG 16	School of Continuing and Non-Resident Education	1974-2003	Reports, Office files, and Promotional Materials
RG 17	College of Education and Communications	1932-1994	Curriculum, Programs, and Teaching Materials
RG 18	The Graduate School	1954-2010s	Reports, Meeting Minutes, Admissions, and Manuals
RG 19	University School	1897-2004	Reports, Budgets, Meeting Minutes, and Curriculum
RG 20	Faculty News & Drum Sounds	1948-1987	Faculty Newsletters
RG 21	The Penn Student Newspaper	1925-2010s	IUP Student Newspaper (https://www.thepenn.org/)
RG 22	Daily Bulletin	1928-1986	Campus announcements and news events
RG 23	Yearbooks	1888-1996	Yearbooks: Clionian (1888), Empanda (1896), Instano (1912-1927) and the Oak (1928-1996)
RG 24	Campus Directories	1935-2015	Campus phone and address information (https://search.people.iup.edu/)
RG 25	Office of Public Information	1940-1988	Press Releases, Campus News, Articles, Publications, and Scrapbooks (see Record Group 63)
RG 26	Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs	1875-2010s	Tuition and History
RG 27	Student Publications and Projects	1903-2010s	Publications, Projects, History, and Newsletters
RG 28	Office of Alumni Relations	1880-2010s	Publications and Reunions
RG 29	Student Handbooks	1928-2010s	Rules and Regulations
RG 30	Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics	1944-2010s	Publications, Reports, Office files, and Planning
RG 31	Home Economics Club	1931-1965	Scrapbooks, Publications, Office files, and Songs
RG 32	IUP Football Team	1912-2010s	Football Game Programs, Recordings, and Memorabilia (see Record Group 62)
RG 33	Department of Music	1910s-2010s	Performances, Scrapbooks, and Audio Recordings
RG 34	ROTC Information	1954-1975	Publications and Scrapbooks
RG 35	Commencement	1876-2010s	Student Societies and Graduation Information
RG 36	Faculty Record Cards	1920s-1970s	Faculty information and schedule of classes (see Record Group 100)
RG 37	University Senate	1966-2010s	Curriculum, Meeting Minutes and Reports (https://www.iup.edu/senate/)
RG 38	Academic Affairs and Provost	1962-2010s	Reports, Program Evaluation, Planning, and Minutes
RG 39	Campus Anniversaries	1900-2010s	Anniversary Programs
RG 40	Vice President for Student Affairs	1949-2010s	Reports, Publications, Societies, and Workshops (formerly Dean of Students)
RG 41	Convocation Programs	1974-2010s	Freshmen Convocation and Honors Convocation
RG 42	Sabbatical Leave Committee	1982-2010s	Meeting Minutes, and Reports
RG 43	Accreditation	1941-2010s	Reports and Certificates
RG 44	Faculty Organization	1877-2010s	Meeting Minutes and Handbooks (see Record Group 49)
RG 45	Office of Campus Planning	1925-2010s	Facilities, Publications, Photographs, and Reports
RG 46	Student Government Association (SGA)	1961-1987	Students, Meeting Minutes, Office files, and Reports
RG 47	Student Cooperative Association	1925-1999	Meeting Minutes, Office files, and Reports
RG 48	The Center for Multicultural Student Leadership and Engagement (formerly the Center for Student Life and Greek Life)	1939-2010s	Student organizations, Greek Life, and Photographs (https://www.iup.edu/mcsle/)
RG 49	Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF)	1969-2010s	Faculty Union, CBA, Meeting Minutes, and Newsletters (see Manuscript Group 207)
RG 50	Special Events and Programs	1960s-1995	Campus memorabilia and Scrapbooks
RG 51	Center for Community Affairs	1976-1986	Meeting Minutes, Photographs, Projects, and Reports
RG 52	Office of the Registrar	1875-2010s	Ledgers, Reports, Classes, Enrollment and Statistics
RG 53	Memorabilia and Ephemera	1875-2010s	Memorabilia, Photographs, and Scrapbooks
RG 54	African American Cultural Center	1970s-2010s	Students, Events, Publications
RG 55	Student Teaching	1954-1979	Students, Publications and Conferences
RG 56	Bursar Office Business Records	1874-1990s	Bursar, Ledgers, Finances and Reports (https://www.iup.edu/bursar/)
RG 57	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)	1985-1996	Employee Union, CBA, Meeting Minutes, Newsletters, and Reports
RG 58	Women’s Judicial Board	1939-1967	Meeting Minutes and Reports
RG 59	Phi Beta Kappa & Phi Delta Kappa	1960-1979	Student Honor Societies, Applications, Meeting Minutes, Publications
RG 60	IUP Libraries	1890-2010s	Meeting Minutes, Publications, and Reports
RG 61	IUP Posters and Broadsides Collection	1990s-2010s	Students, Performances, Campus Events, and Popular Culture (see Record Group 68)
RG 62	IUP Athletics	1968-1996	Sports, Press Releases, Publications, Memorabilia (see Record Group 32)
RG 63	Office of Communications and Marketing	1988-2010s	Press Releases, Campus News, Publications, and Photographs (see Record Group 25)
RG 64	Faculty Publications	1968-2010s	Publications by IUP Faculty (see Record Group 79)
RG 65	Faculty Textile Collection	1896-2010s	Caps & Gowns, Clothing, Pennants, Memorabilia
RG 66	Foundation for IUP	1967-1992	Fundraising, Meeting Minutes, and Reports
RG 67	Video Recording Master Copies	1980s-2000s	Video Recordings related to IUP and Indiana, Pennsylvania
RG 68	IUP College of Fine Arts	1927-2010s	Publications, Performances, Student Productions
RG 69	IUP College of Humanities and Social Sciences: Graduation Files	1938-2003	Office files, Curriculum, Publications, and Reports
RG 70	Graduation Files: Eberly College of Business and Information Technology	1960-1994	Students, Curriculum, Publications, and Reports (see Record Group 104)
RG 71	IUP Publications: Offices, Centers, and Departments	1990s-2010s	IUP Publications, Programs, Brochures, and Reports
RG 72	Admissions Office	1980s-2010s	IUP Publications for Prospective Students, and Application Forms
RG 73	IUP Punxsutawney Regional Campus and the Culinary Institute	1962-2010s	Publications, News Releases, and Reports
RG 74	IUP Northpointe Regional Campus	1963-2010s	Publications, Photographs, News Releases, and Programs (formerly Armstrong Campus)
RG 75	Public Affairs Forum	1959-1982	Forums and Correspondence
RG 76	Media Miscellany	1970-2010s	Video and Audio Formats
RG 77	James Wakefield University Photograph Collection	1960-2000	Images of Campus Events and Student Activities, Sports, and Buildings & Grounds
RG 78	Ronald Juliette University Photograph Collection	1845-1976	IUP History and Photographs
RG 79	Faculty Publications	1960s-2010s	IUP Faculty Publications related to Criminology (see Record Group 64)
RG 80	Executive Assistant to the President	1969-2010s	Office files, publications, event planning, and reports
RG 81	IUP Photograph Collection	1950s-2010s	Photographs of campus, people and Indiana, Pennsylvania
RG 82	President's Commission on Women at IUP	2003-2010s	Meeting minutes and campus reports
RG 83	Communications Media Projects including productions by Richard Lamberski	2006-2010s	Video Productions created by the IUP Department of Communications Media (https://www.iup.edu/commmedia/)
RG 84	Carol Teti Memorial Organ Scholarship Committee	1994-2010s	Students, Scholarships, Committee meetings, newsletters, and events
RG 85	John P. Murtha Institute for Homeland Security	2003-2011	Campus Center, Research, files, memorabilia, presentations
RG 86	The Center for Teaching Excellence and the Reflective Practice Project	1978-2010s	Teaching, office files, faculty workshops
RG 87	Diploma and Certificate Collection	1879-1964	Alumni Diplomas including signed awards from Music Conservatory
RG 88	Inauguration and Investiture of the University President	1980-2013	IUP History, University President, campus events
RG 89	Office of Public Safety	1990s-2010s	University Police, Parking, Campus Safety, Statistics
RG 90	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Department of Public Instruction	1926-1959	State Council of Education, University Status documents
RG 91	IT Support Center	1980s-2010s	History of systems and academic computing on campus
RG 92	Campaigns for IUP	1987-2010s	Fundraising and University Development
RG 93	Oral History Interviews	2008-2010s	Interviews with IUP employees and the Indiana community
RG 94	Honor and Leadership Societies	2000s-2010s	Student organizations including Phi Kappa Phi and Golden Key
RG 95	Office of International Education	2010s	International Students, and Study Abroad Opportunities
RG 96	Military Resource Center	2010s	Armed Services, Veterans, and Student Academic Services
RG 97	Department of Disability Access and Advising	2000s-2010s	Student Academic Services
RG 98	News and Events	2008-2010s	IUP Campus Events and Announcements
RG 99	Allegheny Arboretum	2006-2010s	Oak Grove, Trees on Campus, and Environmentalism
RG 100	Office of Human Resources	2010s	Employee Resources, Documents and Policies
RG 101	Office of Planning and Assessment	2008-2010s	Strategic Planning, Assessment, Enrollment and Performance
RG 102	New Growth Arts Review	1976-2010s	Student literary magazine, poetry, short stories, photography
RG 103	Public History Program Projects: Oral History Interviews conducted by the Department of History	1983-2004	Interviews about the Rhetoric and Linguistics Program, IUP Libraries, and other projects conducted by Public History Program students
RG 104	Eberly College of Business and Information Technology	1990s-2010s	Program brochures, Building Dedication, and Website information (see Record Group 70)
RG 105	Robert E. Cook Honors College	1990s-2010s	Honors College, Whitmyre Hall, Convocation and Commencement (see Record Group 35)
RG 106	Department of Geography and Regional Planning	1960s-1970s	Keystone Lantern Slide Collection (see Manuscript Group 160)
RG 107	IUP Campus Ministry Collection see Manuscript Group 135	1960s-1990s	Religious Life, Community Engagement, and Diversity Initiatives in Indiana County (see Manuscript Group 135)
RG 108	IUP Panhellenic Association	1960s-2010s	IUP Greek Life, Sororities and Fraternities
RG 109	Women's and Gender's Studies	1990s-2010s	IUP Program, Syllabi, and Gender Equality
RG 110	IUP Collection of COVID-19 Coronavirus Documentation	2019-2020s	Correspondence, Documents, Memorabilia, Photographs, Publications documenting COVID-19