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J. Jeffery Auer was a professor in the Department of Speech Communication at Indiana University from 1958-1983, serving as chair of the Department of Speech and Theatre from 1958-1971 and chair of the Department of Speech Communication from 1971-1978. Collection consists of materials relating to Auer's publications, and includes outlines and correspondence. Most prominent are typescripts of his revised edition of Norwood Brigance's Speech Communication.

Elisha Ballantine was a professor of mathematics, languages, and Greek at Indiana University from 1854 until his death in 1886. Collection consists of nine of Ballantine's religious sermons and lectures, including a eulogy for student Anton F.E. Boisen.

The Oliver P. Field papers comprise 1 cubic foot spanning 1936-1953. The collection consists of manuscript drafts and research materials related to Field's unpublished work on the history of Indiana University during World War II. Field began gathering information for this manuscript during the war and began writing shortly afterward. Editing was in progress when Field died in 1953. There was not a clear consensus on how to handle the publication so the publisher dropped the work.

Edward Grant, a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History and History and Philosophy of Science taught at Indiana University for over thirty years. This collection consists of 24.6 cubic of Edward Grant's papers. Consists of correspondence, research, drafts, publications, and course and lecture notes. By far the largest series in the collection is the Teaching series and includes materials from Grant's years teaching as a graduate student at the Univ. of Wisconsin and then later at Indiana. The bulk of the series, though, consists of folders relating to the courses he taught in the IU Dept. of History and Philosophy of Science. The Publications series contains information on many of Grant's publications, including his books Much ado about nothing and Source book in medieval science.

Charles W. Hagen was an Indiana University alumnus, administrator and professor of botany. The collection of his papers is organized into four series including correspondence, reports and subject files. Prominent in the subject files series are Hagen's faculty annual reports spanning 1946-1964. Frequent correspondents in the collection include former students John R. Allan and Ralph E. Alton.

Albert L. Kohlmeier was an Indiana University alumnus and professor. Collection is comprised of the papers of Prof. Kohlmeier and family and consists of correspondence, publications, lectures, Lucie Kohlmeier's travel diary from a European trip taken in 1926, and genealogical information about the Kohlmeier family.

John Robert Moore was an English professor at Indiana University from 1922 to 1961. This collection consists of Moore's correspondence, newspaper clippings, and reprints.

Edward Najam arrived at IU in 1954 and remained as a professor of French until his retirement in 1987. Professor Najam took an early lead in advancing foreign language study nationwide in the early sixties and emerged as a leader in developing methods of teaching foreign languages. Najam's papers contain awards and diplomas, biographical information, correspondence, and publications.

Frank Putnam was an Indiana University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Before his retirement he served as director of the Division of Biological Sciences from 1965-1969. The collection contains five series including, Haurowitz Symposium, Haurowitz memorial records, Professional memberships, Subject files, and Awards.

David Andrew Rothrock was a professor of mathematics at Indiana University from 1892 to 1937 and Director of Admissions from 1937-1938. The collection consists of manuscripts of published materials, teaching materials, notebooks kept while he was a student at the University of Chicago and Leipzig University, and one piece of correspondence The teaching materials include mathematical computations and exercises, writings about theories, notes from specific classes he taught, and student papers from a seminar.