The Records Management Program captures and maintains records that document the unique history of Suffolk University. Records provide evidence of business transactions, academic activities, and student life, and are organized according to the creating office, reflecting the organizational structure of the administrative and academic units in which they were created.

The collection is large in scope, and covers all aspects of Suffolk’s history and development from 1906 to today, and includes (but is not limited to) records of the Board of Trustees; the Office of the President, Vice Presidents, Provosts, and Deans; Student Affairs; Marketing and Communications; Advancement; University and Student Publications; Academic Departments; Photographs and Memorabilia. Click here to see a complete list of record groups.

The Archives has created guides for photographs and publications, which are open to public research, and have no access restrictions:

• Student publications- Finding Aid (110 page .pdf of entire collection)

  • Suffolk Journal (78 page .pdf)
  • Dicta (15 page .pdf)
  • Suffolk Evening Voice(13 page .pdf)
  • Shorter run news papers- Suffolk Voice, Urban Journalism Workshop, Boston Spotlight, Suffolk Law Reporter, Various (6 page .pdf)

•  Photographs- Finding Aid: (241 page .pdf of entire collection) 
  • Student life (75 page .pdf) 
  • Athletics (20 page .pdf)
  • Buildings and places (9 page .pdf)
  • University events (90 page .pdf)
  • Faculty/staff (32 page .pdf)
  • Students/alumni (9 page .pdf)
  • Trustees (5 page .pdf)
  • Lantern slides (6 page .pdf)

Contact the Archive or search the SMART catalog for more information.