During the course of reprocessing in 2025, the Processing Archivist identified collection material that does not belong in the collection due to format or scope. Memorandum, articles, resumes, correspondence, and other types of paper materials containing biographical information was moved to the New York University Archives Biographical Files (MC 317).

Photographs of student activities, busts from the University Heights campus' Hall of Fame for Great Americans, and the Washington Square Festival were removed and placed into the New York University Archives Photograph Collection (PHOTO 00001). Photographs of artwork by Andy Warhol, Hale Woodruff, and Edward Hopper were also removed and placed into PHOTO 00001. Non-portrait photographs related to John W. Draper and Henry Draper were moved also moved to PHOTO 00001. Non-portrait photographs related to Samuel F.B. Morse were removed and added to the Samuel F.B. Morse Papers (MC 10).

Materials related to Frank Gould and Emma B. Kennedy (Mrs. John Stuart Kennedy) were removed and placed into the collection file for MC 319.

Materials related to Joseph Smalley were removed and placed into the Matthew Wise Collection on the Joseph Smalley AIDS Memorial Quilt Panel (MC 422).

Negatives were reviewed by the Processing Archivist to determine whether they should remain in the collection or be removed. Negatives with printed photograph versions were discarded, while negatives without print photograph versions were considered unique and kept in the collection.

During reprocessing, several optical discs and a zip disk containing photographs were identified. Materials clearly labeled Photo Bureau were deaccessioned from the collection. Similarly, if physical print copies of digital photographs existed in the collection, the digital photographs were deaccessioned from the collection.