University Archives: Major Formats - Archival Administrative Records

The University Archives holds over 3.5 million documents created or used by UCI offices in the course of their daily activities. These documents are organized into archival collections, which are named for the UCI office that originally maintained them. Archival collections may contain a variety of records, such as correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, topical files, grant proposals, plans, notes, photographs, and audio-visual materials.  Archival collections contain a wealth of information that document decision-making, planning, the development of programs, and campus life. They are a pivotal part of UCI's institutional memory. After we organize archival collections, we make descriptions of them available in the Online Archive of California.