The Committees series contains the records assembled and produced by faculty and university committees and subcommittees. Committees have been responsible for most major academic and some major social policies since the late nineteenth century. Committees vary from Admission and Curriculum to Undergraduate Residential Life (CURL) and the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC). A number of ad hoc committees provide interesting information about the University's responses to the First and Second World Wars. Committee files can include minutes, reports, correspondence, and notes; in some cases, they contain records spanning well over one hundred years. Committee files that contain records of discussions of particular, named students are restricted for seventy-five years.

The Subject Files series contains the general subject files of the Office of the Dean of the Faculty. Most topics of interest to the dean and the office staff are reflected in the files in this series. Topics include the general well-being of the faculty and their benefits, regulations, responsibilities, leadership, and recruitment; the well-being of the professional research, technical, and library staffs; special academic programs, exchanges, and consortiums; the relations between the academic side of the University and the administration, supporting offices, trustees, students, and alumni; academic and teaching statistics; and the dean's role in University administration in general and particularly regarding academic planning. Files containing information about individual identified students are restricted for seventy-five years.

The Teaching Schedules series contains the teaching schedules of each faculty member, by department, from 1936 to 1966. Schedules indicate the classes taught be each member of the faculty, the number of hours spent in the classroom weekly, faculty on leave, number of Ph.D.s supervised, and other university roles such as committees, program directorships, and leadership positions.

The Faculty Files series consists of the personnel files of nearly every faculty member, many administrators and professional staff, and some trustees. The files transferred to Mudd Library in 1996 and before are indexed and are searchable using the Faculty and Professional Staff Index, 1764-2006.

The first volume (1748-1796) is a gold mine of information about the personalities and activities of the young College of New Jersey. As these minutes date from the very beginning of the College, they address the multitude of issues and problems the trustees initially addressed. It was the era of the group decision, with the entire Board involved in solving every type of problem at their infrequent (two or three times a year) meetings. This volume is contained in two forms: the original volume (which does not circulate) and a typed transcript in two parts.

Series 2 contains charters and bylaws and facsimiles of the same.

Series 3 documents the Executive Committee (which was known as the Administrative Committee from its founding in 1919 until November 1924). It met almost monthly in New York during the academic year. It discussed problems best addressed by a small and knowledgeable group of people, centered around the president. It discussed a variety of topics, ranging across the areas of the various other trustee committees.

Series 4 contains a variety of types of papers, and incorporates both original documents and photocopies and photostats of material located elsewhere. Materials are arranged according to chronological order rather than by type or theme.