Series consists of records relating to the correspondence between the President and the Senate. Records also include working papers, reports, minutes, senate papers, policy proposals and funding applications.

This series consists of records relating to the general conduct of Senate business by the Registrar as Secretary of Senate.

Activities, events and topics documented include setting agendas and meeting times, changes to minutes, preparation of supporting papers, transmittal of reports and other information to members of the University community, Senate elections, and Senate procedures.

Records include correspondence, draft minutes with some detailed accounts of discussion, notes, reports, Senate supporting papers, lists of committee members, and committee terms of reference. Two files contain correspondence regarding the replacement of Senate committee members who were unable to complete their terms.

Series consists of records collected by the staff of the University Archives to document the organization and functioning of the Senate over the years. While these files do not constitute the official records of Senate, they are useful for historical reference.

Records include lists of Senate members and Senate committee members, Senate handbooks, compilations of Senate rules, and summaries and reports of Senate actions.

Series consists of records relating to the deliberations and activities of various Senate committees. With one exception – sub-series 4, the Senate Committee on Academic Discipline (SCAD) – the Associate Vice-President, Academic either chaired or participated on all of the committees represented by the sub-series. Records include meeting agendas, minutes, and supporting papers; and correspondence, reports, statistics, and notes and working papers.

The Senate operates through a system of standing and ad hoc committees. As of 2003, there are 24 Senate committees, but the number of committees has varied over time. Senate determines the membership and method of appointing or electing members to the committees. Most Senate committees have ex-officio administrators as chairs and only a few have Vice-chairs.

Standing committees with delegated responsibilities to perform duties on behalf of Senate usually report to Senate at yearly intervals. Temporary committees report to Senate by the date stated in the charge to the committee.

This series consists of records relating to the meetings and activities of the various Senate Committees.

Records include terms of reference; membership lists; and agendas, minutes, and supporting papers including correspondence, reports, briefs, course proposals, policies, statistics, lists, publications, drafts, notes, working papers and other documents.

Series consists of records relating to various issues considered by Senate.

Activities, events and topics documented include the Admissions Crisis of 1968, which resulted in a student sit-in to protest the lack of transfer credit standards. The Ellis Report, described in another file in this series, was the University's response to that crisis. Examples of other topics include the appointment of a Dean of Graduate Studies and the development of a Co-op Studies Program.

Records include correspondence, Senate papers and minutes, reports, proposals, notes, and other documents.

Series consists of records relating to Webster's work as Pro-Tem Dean of Graduate Studies as well as records related to various committees Webster served on at SFU, such as the Resource Allocation Committee, Academic Planning, Salary Committee, Western Vice Presidents meetings, and University Tenure Committee.

Series consists of examples of printing done by the Margison Brothers Printers, as well as a small amount of business records and other miscellaneous items created by the family. Items include stationary, greeting cards, calling cards, business cards, invitations, announcements, posters, cash books, sales tax info and other fiscal records, clip art, newspaper clippings, a publication entitled “Be Tolerant”, and information about a platen printing press.

Series consists of publications which were not printed by the Margison Brothers Printers. Publications include printing-related journals.

Series consists of records arising from the Society's involvement in various projects serving women and other individuals in Vancouver's East End. These activities include projects operated primarily by the Society (such as the Hostel and the Women's Centre), projects in which Society members were actively involved (such as Franklin House and Renfrew Park Manor), and projects and groups for which the Society provided financial support (such as the Kettle Friendship Society and the Vi Fineday Family Shelter Society). Series includes correspondence, brochures, bulletins, requests for funds, proposals, receipts, thank-you cards, and other materials.

Series consists of records relating to the Service, Office, and Retail Workers Union of Canada (SORWUC). Activities documented include policy development, fundraising, and conventions. Includes newsletters, bulletins, minutes of meetings, correspondence, copies of collective agreements negotiated by the union (with the Simon Fraser Student Society and the Pooh Corner Daycare), financial records, and convention proceedings.

Cunningham asked several early faculty and other members of the SFU community to write down their recollections of the early years of the University. He had hoped that the University would produce a collection of essays to mark its 20th Anniversary. On the advice of an anonymous referee, the University decided against publishing the work. Cunningham considered other ways of producing the volume, but died before he could complete the project.

Series includes rough drafts and final drafts of essays selected for the volume by Cunningham. Essays are listed by individual author. Series also includes correspondence about the project, essays not selected for the proposed volume (submissions by Cunningham, G. Bursill-Hall, T. Finlayson, M. Gibbons, E. Harden, A. Hean, D. Roberts, W. Vidauer, and L. Wilson), and a collection of historical essays by Archie MacKinnon.

This series consists of records relating to Judith Marcuse's involvement with Simon Fraser University and the International Centre of Art for Social Change, from inception until when the records were donated. The series is divided into four sub-series: Sub-series 1: Administrative records (1996-2019); Sub-series 2: Financial records (2007-2010); Sub-series 3: Grants/fundraising records (2008-2012) and Sub-series 4: Promotional records: ([2006?]-2009).

Series consists of records relating to the Simon Fraser University architectural competition. The contest was held in 1963 to choose the overall design for the new university. Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, reports, information releases, minutes of meetings with Gordon Shrum (SFU Chancellor), and photographs of the proposed site.

Series consists of architectural drawings and plans for work done at Simon Fraser University by Robert Harrison. Includes plans and drawings for different phases of library construction and plans for other buildings at Simon Fraser University.

Series consists of detailed descriptions of dimensions, materials, and costs for construction of the library and other buildings at SFU. Includes architectural, electrical and mechanical specifications, addenda, and supplementary general conditions.

This series consists of files were created by the Assistant to the Vice-President, Academic (Alison Watt) in her capacity as a university representative on the Society's Executive Board between 1984-1987. Activities and topics documented include meetings of the Board, operations of the Society, and employees relations. Records include the report of the Task Force on Financial Support to the Day Care Centre (1982), correspondence, reports, meeting agendas and minutes, budget papers, job descriptions, Board membership lists, and SFU Childcare Society handbooks, brochures, newsletters, and other printed matter.

Series consists of records relating to the construction of the library and other buildings at Simon Fraser University. Records reflect the different stages of construction such as site excavation, concrete tests, electrical work, and millwork furnishings. Includes correspondence, change orders, test results, inspection reports, notes, correspondence, minutes of job meetings, tenders, and financial records.

While still a faculty member at UBC, Baker became one of the chief contributors to John B. Macdonald's report, Higher Education in British Columbia and a Plan for the Future. This report led directly to the government's decision to establish a second university (SFU) in the Lower Mainland. Baker also served on the provincial Academic Board for Higher Education, established to advise the government on applying the recommendations of the Macdonald Report.

Records in this series relate to Baker's work on the Macdonald Report and the Academic Board as well as his role as academic planner and a charter faculty member in the early years of SFU. These files supplement the official records of the Office of Academic Planning, F 49. Includes personal and professional correspondence, reports, reference materials, a memoir by Baker about the early history of SFU, and other documents.

The series consists of records documenting Beyerstein's teaching activities. It includes course and lecture materials for SFU courses, as well as lectures delivered in the community.

The series has been arranged by the archivist into separate sub-series based on the type of material:

• SFU course files (sub-series 1)
• Lecture files (sub-series 2)

Series consists of records relating to Iris Garland’s active involvement in the establishment and development of SFU’s contemporary dance program, as well as her support for the creation of an academic, credited fine and performing arts program at the University. The series also includes records documenting the history of the dance program in the context of the local dance scene and other post-secondary dance programs, as well as records pertaining to the Burnaby Mountain Dance Company and the Off-Centre Dance Company, both offshoots of the SFU program. Records include reports, proposals, copies of clippings and reviews, notes, correspondence, performance programmes, and background literature.

Series consists of records relating to Iris Garland’s involvement in the planning and delivery of SFU dance workshops and lecture demonstrations, the resulting productions and performances, and their review by the media. It also includes materials pertaining to visiting artists in residence and guest performers invited by Garland to take part in or deliver various dance workshops and intensives. Records include performance programmes, photographs, media releases, handbills, copies of clippings and reviews, posters, correspondence, schedules, notes, and other materials.

Series consists of records relating to the regular consultations between the university administration and the Simon Fraser University Faculty Associations (SFUFA) relating to the university policies and other matters affecting the terms and conditions of academic employment at SFU. Records include meeting agendas, minutes, correspondence, policies, notes, and working papers.

Series consists of records relating to negotiations between the university and the Simon Fraser University Faculty Association (SFUFA) on matters relating to the collective framework agreement establishing the terms and conditions of academic employment at SFU. Records include correspondence, notes, policies, arbitration briefs, reports and statistics, negotiating proposals, agreements, meeting minutes, notes, and working papers.

Series consists of records relating to the opening ceremonies of Simon Fraser University on September 9, 1965. Activities documented include the planning of the ceremonies. Records include programs, correspondence, notes, news clippings, publications, sheet music, charter student certificate, and other documents.

Series consists of records relating to Professor Finlayson's administrative service and membership in Academic Women. Includes correspondence and newsletters.

Series consists of records relating to Simon Fraser University and Rick McGrath's activities while there, both in McGrath's time as a student and an alumnus. Includes McGrath's own student records, pin buttons, photographs and SFU publications that McGrath contributed to as a writer and/or editor such as The Peak and Afterthoughts alumni magazine.

Series consists of records relating to the writing and publishing of Flood’s many short stories. Records include drafts, notes, research, correspondence with publishers, publishing documents and printed journals. The series is divided into the following five sub-series: "The Animals in Their Elements" notes, drafts and other records (1976-1998); "My Father Took a Cake to France" notes, drafts and other records (1986-1999); "The English Stories" notes, drafts and other records (1990-2007); Published stories - general records (1968-2008); and Records related to unpublished stories (1961-1986).

Series deals with the relationship between Gordon Shrum and Simon Fraser University. Interviews and supporting materials emphasize Shrum's work at SFU in contrast to biographical materials that describe Shrum's entire life. Series contains unedited and edited transcripts and audio recordings of an interview of Gordon Shrum conducted in 1974 by Liisa Fagerlund, a librarian and University Archivist. The interview was part of an SFU oral history program.

Series also includes recordings of several television shows in which Shrum is interviewed. There are two appearances on the Vancouver show, one broadcast in 1977 and another in 1985 which includes a presentation by Iona Campagnolo of a Lifetime Achievement Award to Gordon Shrum. There are also two episodes of the Jack Webster show: the September 9, 1980 show, in which host Jack Webster interviewed Shrum and SFU President George Pedersen; and another from November 15, 1983 which commemorates the life of Gordon Shrum upon the establishment of the Shrum Science Chair at Simon Fraser University.

Series also contains textual material, and audio and video recordings of the dinner held in honour of Shrum to establish the "Gordon M. Shrum Chair in Science" November 19, 1983.

Series consists of the personal papers of Simon and Rosalie Halpern including birth certificate, identity card, professional certification, passport, immigration papers, and other material. Also includes personal letters from Fanny, George and Ida, and friends.