These items chronicle the daily affairs, decisions, and policies of the Department of Sociology at Saint Louis University as collected by Allen Spitzer during his teaching years.

Notable items include: a memo explaining a proposed program in hospital administration to be centered in the department (10-1-57); a proposal for a new doctoral program in anthropology that includes a recent history of that discipline at SLU (1-2-59); Allen Spitzer's progress report for June 1961 to January 31, 1962; a memo on promoting faculty participation in University administration (5-11-64); and Spitzer's progress report on his summer in Vienna in 1965 when he was doing research on civilization theory . Also here are department examination questions for the Ph. D., A. M., and A.B. levels in social anthropology (10-12-59), anthropology (10-20-62), and various sections of the sociology and anthropology disciplines (undated).