Series consists of records relating to the Field School conducted by the Department in various locations. It includes correspondence, procedures, and field studies.

The Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology officially opened on December 15, 1979. Series consists of records relating to the Museum. It includes correspondence, reports, and posters.

Series consists of records relating to various professional associations, including the Archaeology Society of B.C., the Canadian Archaeological Association, the American Anthropological Association, and the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. It includes correspondence, memoranda, pamphlets, and reports.

Series consists of records relating to the establishment of the department and its history. It includes proposals, reports, and a history of the department by Kristine Andersen (1985).

Series consists of undergraduate and graduate course outlines, graduate examinations, and new course proposals.

Series consists of records relating to various professional conferences and advisory boards, including the Provincial Heritage Advisory Board and the B.C. Heritage Advisory Board Permit Review committee. It includes conference programs, correspondence, memoranda, pamphlets, and reports.

Series consists of the records of various departmental committees, including the Appointments, Graduate Studies, and Tenure committees. It includes circulars, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and memoranda.

Series consists of records relating to departmental publications, and includes the student newsletter Debitage and the Archaeological Student Society (A.S.S.) Anti-Calendar.

Series consists of correspondence and related materials received and sent by the Chair. It includes correspondence, journals, memoranda, and reports.

Series consists of records related to faculty members, including research grant files, and correspondence with Canada Council and the President's Research Grant Committee. Record types include correspondence, memoranda, and reports.

Series consists of the records relating to faculty committees which had departmental representation, including the Committee for Extension Credit and the Curriculum Committee. The series includes correspondence.

Series consists of the records relating to the Sociology / Anthropology Articulation Committee (representing Sociology and Anthropology departments in BC universities and community colleges), and SFU's Senate Committee on Admissions and Standings.

Series consists of records relating to an external review of the Department conducted in 1975. It includes correspondence, memoranda, and reports.