C. Subject Files:

Summary: The Presidential Records of Austin Scott include general correspondence, reports, and subject files. The Correspondence files, arranged chronologically, includes incoming letters, memoranda, and statements that deal with a variety of topics (Box 1, Folder 1). The reports are arranged chronologically within report type. The President's Statements to the Board of Trustees (October 1891, March, June, and October 1892, January 1898) review important developments and initiatives for the Board. The most comprehensive report is the October 1891 statement which includes reports from the heads of each academic department. The report of the President of Rutgers College to the Secretary of the Interior (1891, 1892, 1899, and 1900) are printed reports that review progress of the college's Agricultural school (Box 1, Folders 2-4).

The Subject Files are arranged alphabetically by subject, with a miscellaneous category coming last. These files include correspondence and notes concerning financial matters, sample invitations to Presidential receptions, policies and regulations (2 items), programs of events, speeches given by President Scott (as well as notes for speeches), correspondence and related material relating to the Scholarship Act of 1890, and miscellaneous material which includes an 1891-92 Students Absence Report, and an undated copy of the President of Rutgers College Oath of Office (Box 1, Folders 5-11).