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The papers consist of correspondence, writings, student and teaching files, and miscellanea documenting the personal life and professional career of Albert G. Keller, a sociologist, author, and student and colleague of William Graham Sumner. Keller frequently corresponded with individuals on the subject of Sumner, and Yale University figures such as Arthur T. Hadley, James Rowland Angell, and Charles Seymour often felt Keller's displeasure over the University's treatment of the Sumner legacy. He also corresponded with colleagues and former students, Sumner biographers, and family members. Files relating to the William Graham Sumner Club, which he helped found, are also included. Drafts of several published and unpublished writings and many student gradebooks detail his literary and teaching activities.

Chiefly disputes and compositions written while Alfred Elijah Perkins was at Yale College on topics of historical, political, and religious interest. Also included is a textbook on natural philosophy. Three letters written by Perkins to his family during the last year of his life on a journey to Madeira and Barbados are also in the papers.

The records consist of search committee files, course descriptions and curricula, student files, and visiting fellow and faculty files documenting the activities and operations of the Yale American Studies Program. Also included are senior essays and board games created by students in the American Studies Program.

Student notes on lectures in literature and the classics Perrin attended in Berlin (1876-1878), notes for lectures at Adelbert College and Yale University, corrected proofs for a volume of Plutarch's Lives, and miscellaneous personal papers, largely relating to Perrin's office as writer of the presentations for the honorary degrees at Yale University commencements (1902-1911). Included also is a small amount of correspondence about his publications and five volumes of diaries (1896-1913).

The records consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, summer school materials, course information, and subject files of Charles Hubbard Judd as associate dean of the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, professor of psychology, and dean of the Summer School of Arts and Sciences (1905-1907).

The records consist of reports, letters, and memoranda documenting the work of the Committee on Acceleration, which studied the feasibility of accelerating undergraduate study in the event of war.

The records consist of correspondence, reports, and notes documenting the work of the Committee on General Education.

The records consist of minutes, seminar proposals, and vitae maintained by Robin Winks while serving on the Yale College Committee on Teaching in the Residential Colleges.

The records consist of correspondence, memoranda, subject files, maintained by Chairman Richard McGee Morse, documenting the Yale Council on Latin American Studies. A vita of Richard M. Morse is included.

The records consist of reports, correspondence, minutes, and subject files documenting the actions and deliberations of the Yale College Course of Study Committee.