Series includes records made and received by the Department of Economics and Commerce in the course of its development and administration. Activities and topics documented in the records include the establishment, organization, and operation of the department; development of department policies and procedures; committee formation and meetings; department publications and publicity; student, staff, and faculty relations; development, administration, and delivery of programs and courses; salary and tenure; scholarly activities of the department; and budget. The records primarily consist of correspondence, reports, meeting agendas and minutes, contracts, posters, brochures, publications, statistics, and press clippings.

The fonds of the Department of Economics consists of records created and received in the course of the administration of the department and the carrying out of its functions of providing instruction and promoting research. The activities documented include policy and procedures development; the planning, initiation and administration of curricula and programs; departmental and faculty meetings; faculty salary, appointment, promotion and tenure deliberations; departmental reviews; and the publication of reports. The types of documents include meeting agenda and minutes, correspondence, course outlines and examinations, case files, memoranda, and reports.