The Department of Mathematics records contains files from the department from 1987 to 2001 and are organized into two series: Office Files and Activities and Procedures. The first series, Office Files, contains correspondence to and from the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Provost of Eastern Michigan University and faculty, as well as files pertaining to academic affairs and the running of the department. The series contains subseries of files for communication with the Dean, Provost and faculty, they are organized by year. The second series, Activities and Procedures, contains information about the Department of Mathematics, including events held, degree requirements, newsletters and records of groups organized under the department, as well as faculty evaluation procedures and other evaluation documents.

The collection documents the department after it was relocated to Pray-Harrold from Pierce Hall in 1986. From 1987 to 1989, Ira Wheatly served as the Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences until the position was given to Barry Fish in 1990. Many of the files in this collection are memos and other correspondence to and from the Dean, discussing many issues including the proposed division of the College of Arts and Sciences into the College of Science and Mathematics and the College of Arts among other topics. There are no materials in the collection that document the department prior to 1987.