The Biography File Photograph Collection comprises photographic items primarily documenting people affiliated with the university (faculty, staff), although prominent members of the community (government officials, honorary degree recipients) are also included. The images of faculty and staff are predominately formal headshots, more casual "action" shots in offices and classrooms, and social events. Photographs of university affiliates were mostly taken at public social events. Although most photograph materials are undated, the bulk of the materials that are dated range between the 1930s and the 1990s. The photographs in the collection do a good job of representing persons affiliated with Eastern Michigan University, in terms of both persons employed by and serving the University in an official capacity and those persons whose presence on campus was limited to special events. However, not all eras are equally represented, and not all persons in the Biography File Collection contained photographs to be removed and placed within this collection. Thus, there are both chronological and person gaps within the collection.