Administrative Records
Created by the Getty's administrative offices and operating programs, these records provide historical context of the four Getty programs and associated projects and activities.

• Guest scholar and conservator files, 1978–2005
• GCI training manuals, 1985–2001
• Museum exhibition photographs, 1980–2004

Collaborative Projects and Philanthropy
Included are the records of significant external collaborations, conservation field projects, and selected final reports of Getty-funded projects.

• Tomb of Nefertari project records, 1984–1996, 2005, undated
• Orpheus Mosaic (Paphos, Cyprus) project files and training program records, 1986–1993, undated
• Royal Bas-Reliefs of Abomey conservation project records, 1845–2000 and undated
• Reports submitted to the Getty Foundation by recipients of conservation grants, 1985–2010

Public Programming and Publications
Records include information about exhibitions; audio and videotapes of symposia, conferences, and lectures; and Getty publications including books, published reports, and printed ephemera announcing programs and activities.

• J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center public events recordings, 1998–2017, undated
• GRI public event recordings, 2001–2016
• Performing arts recordings, 1998–2011
• J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa event recordings, 2006–2017

Buildings and Grounds
These records contain program planning, research, design and construction drawings, models, and photo documentation for the building of the Getty Center in Brentwood, the Getty Villa in Malibu, and J. Paul Getty's original Ranch House museum.

• Getty center site planning and construction photographs, 1947–1997, undated
• Getty Villa photographs by Julius Shulman, 2006
• Getty Center Central Garden design plans, ca. 1992–1996

Press and Media Coverage
Included are books; articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers; as well as reviews and other press coverage about the Getty and its activities. While these materials are not collected comprehensively, they provide researchers with a means for evaluating the impact of the institution's public programming and its local, national, and international influence.

• J. Paul Getty Trust press releases, 1954–2015
• Press clippings, 1954–2009

Collected papers
While collections related to J. Paul Getty as well as the Getty-related personal papers of trustees and key staff members are represented, the Institutional Archives department does not make a concerted effort to collect J. Paul Getty's personal papers or the business records of his various companies. Rather, the focus is on core collections related to his biography and on his approach to collecting art.

• J. Paul Getty diaries, 1938–1946, 1948–1976
• J. Paul Getty family collected papers, 1880s–1989, undated
• Collected photographs and postcards of Los Angeles, California, and vicinity, ca. 1857–1940

Oral histories
These recordings and transcripts of interviews with artists, art historians, and curators were part of the Getty's Pacific Standard Time initiative and California Video exhibition. Oral histories also include those conducted with Getty staff and officials documenting the historical context of Getty programs. A broad selection of digitized oral histories is available on the Research Institute website.

• Interviews regarding Harald Szeemann, 2016–2017
• California Video exhibition project files and oral history recordings, 2006–2008
• Modern Art in Los Angeles recordings, 2003–2007
• Art Education History Archives project, 1998–1999
• Interviews regarding the study of art history, 1986, 1988, 1990
• Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. recordings 2008–2012
• Getty oral history transcripts, 1999–2010
• Getty Oral History Program interviews, overseen/conducted by Martin Meeker, University of California, Berkeley, 2015–2017