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University Archive Collections

Click a link to view collection summaries or full-text finding aids. For details about collections without finding aids, contact the archivist.

Please note that Colorado State University has changed names many times since its foundation in 1870. For the ease of researchers, finding aids refer to the institution as Colorado State University. The most common names and approximate dates of change are listed below:

  • 1870-Agricultural College of Colorado
  • 1876-State Agricultural College of Colorado
  • 1877-State Agricultural College
  • 1900-Colorado Agricultural College (CAC)
  • 1935-Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (Colorado A&M)
  • 1944-Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College
  • 1957-Colorado State University (CSU)

Inventory files attached here are in PDF format. To access them, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software.

  1. Governing Body
    • State Board of Agriculture (1877 - August 7, 2002)
      Records of the State Board of Agriculture (USBA) Summary
    • Board of Governors (August 8, 2002 - present)
      Records of the Board of Governors (UBOG) Summary Inventory
  2. Administration
    • President
      Records of the Office of the President (UPRE) Summary
      Records of the President's Executive Council (UPEC)
      Records of the Presidency (UPRE-A,B,C)
      Records of the Presidency - Miscellaneous (UPRE-Misc)
    • Provost / Senior Vice President
      Records of the Office of the Provost (UAVP) Summary
    • Vice President for Administrative Services
      Records of the Office of the Vice President for Administrative Services (UVAD) Summary
      Records of the Vice President Administration (UUVP)
    • Miscellaneous
      Records of the Administrative Offices (UADO) Inventory
      Records of the Colorado Department of Education and CCHE [Colorado Commission on Higher Education] (UCDE) Inventory
      Records of Legislation (ULEG) Inventory
      Records of Review and Redirection (URRD) Inventory
      Records of the University Organization Study (UUOS) Inventory
  3. Academics
    • College of Agricultural Sciences
      Records of the College of Agricultural Sciences (UAGR) Inventory
    • College of Applied Human Sciences
      Records of the College of Applied Human Sciences (UCAH) Summary Finding Aid
      Records of Communication Disorders (UDCD) Inventory
      Records of the Home Economics College (UHEC) Inventory
      Grade Books of Home Economics (UHEG) Inventory
      Records of the School of Education (USCE)
      Records of the Project Promise (UPPR)
      Records of the Professional Studies College (UPRO)
    • College of Business
      Records of the Business College (UBUS) Summary Finding Aid
    • College of Engineering
      Records of the Engineering College (UENG) Inventory
      Records of Civil Engineering (UCIE) Inventory
      Records of the Solar Village (UCSV)
    • College of Liberal Arts
      Records of the Humanities and Social Sciences College (UHSS) Inventory
      Records of Archaeology and Historic Preservation – Edison P. Lohr (UAHP)
      Records of the History Department (UHST)
      Records of the Philosophy Department (UPHL)
    • Warner College of Natural Resources
      Records of the Forestry and Natural Resources College (UFNR)
      Records of the Wildlife Division (UDOW)
    • College of Natural Sciences
      Records of the Natural Sciences College (UNAT) Inventory
    • College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
      Records of the Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Department (UDVM)
    • University Libraries
      Records of the Libraries (ULIB) Summary
      Records of the Library Expansion (ULIE) Inventory
      Records of the Library Faculty Council (ULFC)
      Records of the Libraries Flood (ULIF) Inventory
      Records of the Special Collections Department, CSU (USCD)
      Records of the Libraries Tenured Faculty (ULTF)
      Records of the Library History Project (ULIH)
      Records of the Committee on Libraries (ULIM)
    • University Honors Program
      Records of the Honors Programs and Special Programs (UHSP) Inventory
    • Committees
      Records on the Committee on the Responsibilities and Standing of the Academic Faculty (UCOS)
      Records of the Faculty Improvement Committee (UFIC)
      Papers of Harry Rosenberg (UHAR) Inventory
      Records of the University Retirees Action Committee (UURA)
      Records of the Westfall Memorial Scholarship (UWMS)
    • Graduate School
      Records of the Graduate School (UGRS) Inventory
    • Miscellaneous
      Records for Academic Advising (UACA) Inventory
  4. Academic Outreach and Assistance
    • Sponsored Programs
      Records of the American West Program (UAWP) Inventory
      Records of the Asian Institute of Technology (UAIT)
      Bridges to the Future (UBTF) Inventory
      Records of International Education (UINT)
    • Office of International Programs
      Records of the International Programs Office (UOIP)
      Peace Corps Tapes (UPCT)
      Records of the Peace Corps (UPCC) Inventory
    • Miscellaneous
      Records of the Sidney Heitman Germans from Russia in Colorado Study Project (UHSP) Summary Finding Aid
      Student Portfolio Collection (USPC)
      Records of Student Unrest (USRC) Inventory
  5. Operational and service
    • Director of Alumni Relations
      Records of the Alumni Association and Alumni (UAAA) Inventory
      Records of the Homecoming Parade (UPAR)
    • Director, Equal Opportunity and Diversity
      Records of the Equal Opportunity and Diversity Office (UEOD)
    • Athletic Director
      Records of the Athletic Department (UATH) Summary Finding Aid
      Records of the Women’s Physical Education, Department of (UWPE)
    • Regulatory Compliance
      Records of the Research Integrity and Compliance Review Office (URIC) Inventory
    • Human Resources
      Records of Personnel (UPER)
    • Police and Parking
      Records of the Police Department (UPOD)
    • Admissions
      Records of Admissions and Records (UADM)
    • Registrar
      Records of the Registrar’s Office (UREG)
    • Campus Life Cluster
      Records of Phi Beta Kappa (UPBK) Inventory
      Records of Phi Kappa Phi (UPKP)
      Records of Pi Omega Pi (UPOP) Inventory
      Records if the Society of Sigma Sigma XI (USSX) Inventory
    • Wellness Cluster
      Records of the Student Health Services (USHS)
    • Army ROTC
      Records of the Armed Forces Science Division (UAFS) Summary Finding Aid
      Records of the Reserved Officer’s Training Corps (UROT)
    • Controller / Business and Financial Services
      Records of the Financial Administration (UFIA) Inventory
    • Public Relations
      Records of the Public Relations Department (UPRD)
    • CSU Events and Protocol
      Records of Visiting Dignitaries and Special Events (UDSE) Inventory
    • Communications and Creative Services
      Records of University Communications (UUNC) Inventory
    • Development
      Records of the Research Administration and Office of Development (URAD)
  6. Artifacts, Ephemera, Sound, and Visual Materials
    The Alumni Photograph Collection (UAPO)
    Blueprint Negatives of University Buildings (UBLU) Summary Finding Aid
    Records of the Colorado School of Agriculture (UCSA) Inventory
    University Historic Photographs (UHPC) Summary Details
    University Historic Photographs (UPHO) Inventory
    Lithographs, Plates, and Etchings (ULPE)
    Records of Local Colorado and Regional History (ULHM) Inventory
    Postmarks of MacGregor Ranch (UMGR)
    Miscellany of Colorado State University (UCSU) Inventory
    Newsclips (UNEW)
    Old Main Cornerstone (UOMC)
    Oral History Tapes (UOHT)
    Photographs (Glass) Collection (UPHG) Inventory
    University Paintings and Drawings Collection (UPDC)
    Leather Colorado Agricultural College Seal (ULCS)
    Ephemera of Colorado State University (UEPH)
  7. Individuals
    • Alumni
      Papers of C. Frank Brockman (UCFB)
      Papers of Esther Abell Denton (UEAD)
      Papers of Newton G. Garbutt (UNCG)
      Memorabilia of Peter Glasgow (UPGC) Inventory
      Papers of Pauline Lough (UPLO)
      Textiles of Raylene McWilliams Owens (URMO)
      Papers of Margaret Prendergast (UMPM) Summary Finding Aid
      Papers of Helen White Rigden (UHWR)
      Photographs of Antoine Jacob (UJAC) Inventory
    • Board members
      Papers of James R. Miller (UJRM) Summary Finding Aid
      Papers of Charles L. Terrell (UCLT)
    • Faculty
      Papers of Theodosia G. Ammons (UAMM) Summary Finding Aid
      Papers of James Banning (UBAN)
      Papers of Luther C. Bragg (ULCB)
      Papers of Nicolai Bukharin (UNBU) Inventory
      Papers of Irmel W. Fagan (UIWF)
      Records of Geology and Entomology (UGEO) Inventory
      Scrapbooks of Leslie L. Gibbons (ULLG)
      Papers of Irene Godden (UIGM) Inventory
      Papers of James E. Hansen, II (UJEH) Inventory
      Papers of George Lof (ULOF) Inventory
      Papers of Laura I. Makepeace (ULIM) Summary Finding Aid
      Papers of Bernard E. Rollin (UBER) Inventory
      Papers of Holmes Rolston, III (UROL)
      Papers of Fred Schmidt (UFSM)
      Papers of Frederick F. Wanagaard (UFFW) Inventory
      Papers of Ruth J. Wattles (URJW)
      Papers of Frank P. Goeder (UFPG)
      Papers of William V. Lumb (UWVL)
    • Presidents
      Papers of Elijah E. Edwards (UEEE) Summary Finding Aid
      Papers of Charles Lee Ingersoll (UCLI)
      Papers of Barton O. Aylesworth (UBOA)
      Papers of Charles A. Lory (UCAL) Inventory
      Papers of Roy M. Green (URMG) Inventory
      Papers of Isaac E. Newsom (UIEN) Inventory
      Papers of William E. Morgan (UWEM)
      Papers of Adrian R. Chamberlain (UARC)
      Papers of Ralph E. Christoffersen (UREC) Inventory
      Papers of Albert C. Yates (UACY)
    • Unknown affiliation
      Papers of Joseph W. Angell (UANG) Inventory
      Papers of Robert B. Broad (URBB) Inventory
      Papers of Ray E. Stanford (URES)
  8. Organizations
    Records of the Administrative Management Society (UAMS) Inventory
    Records of the Charter Convention (UCHC) Inventory
    Records of the Classified Personnel Council (UCPC) Inventory
    Records of Community Organizations (UCOM) Inventory
    Records of the Faculty (UFAC) Inventory
    Records of the Men’s Science Club (UMSC) Summary Finding Aid
    Records of the North Central Association (UNCA) Inventory
    Records of the Professional Academic Organizations (UPAO) Inventory
    Records of the Research Libraries Group (URLG)
    Records of the Retirees’ Club (UCRC)
    Records of the Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference (URAC) Summary Finding Aid
    Records of the Rocky Mountain Social Sciences Association (URMS)
    Records of the Spurs Pep Club (USPC) Inventory
    Records of Student Activities (USTU) Inventory
    Records of the Student Records Early (UESR) Inventory
    Records of the Trailer Court Association (UTRA) Inventory
    Records of the University Faculty Club (UUFC) Inventory
    Records of the Western History Interest Group – CSU Women’s Association (UWHI)
    Records of the Women’s Athletic Association (UWAA)
    Records of the Women’s Recreation Association (UWRA)
    Records of the Young Women’s Christian Association of C.A.C. (UWCA) Inventory
    Records of the Association of Faculty Women (UAFW) Inventory