- S1984-1985 #18: Sonoma State University (November 1, 1984–March 1986)3,493 objects
- S1964-1965 #74: State of California, Division of Beaches and Parks/Francis A. Riddell (March 19, 1965–September 2, 1981)2,351 objects
- S2001-2002 #15: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (January 23, 2002–January 23, 2003)1,800 objects
- S2005-2006 #6: Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (October 12, 2005–November 20, 2020)1,792 objects
- S1979-1980 #66: Department of Anthropology (CSU Sacramento) (May 13, 1980–July 14, 1980)1,776 objects
- S1985-1986 #26: Department of Anthropology (UC Santa Barbara)/Phillip L. Walker (February 5, 1986–January 7, 1988)1,620 objects
- S1981-1982 #8: University of California, Davis/Richard E. Hughes (August 24, 1981–February 9, 1987)1,315 objects
- S2004-2005 #8: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (May 17, 2005–June 20, 2025)1,228 objects
- S1980-1981 #3: Department of Anthropology (CSU Sacramento) (July 14, 1980–December 19, 1980)1,090 objects
- S1990-1991 #3: University of California, Riverside (August 14, 1990–November 20, 1992)839 objects
- S1969-1970 #119: University of California, Davis/Jerald Jay Johnson (April 24, 1970–November 8, 1971)731 objects
- S1971-1972 #120: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (April 3, 1972–October 14, 1980)696 objects
- S1997-1998 #8: California State University, Chico/Nette Martinez (March 23, 1998–May 29, 2008)695 objects
- S1967-1968 #111: Department of Anthropology (UC Davis)/Jerald Jay Johnson (February 20, 1969–February 18, 1982)584 objects
- S1968-1969 #82: University of California, Davis (February 20, 1969–unknown)584 objects
- S1976-1977 #16: Department of Anthropology (UC Davis)/Martin A. Baumhoff (September 29, 1976–February 25, 1977)567 objects
- S1964-1965 #8: University of California, Santa Barbara/Jay Ruby (August 26, 1964–April 17, 1967)562 objects
- S1993-1994 #21: California State University, Chico/Turhon Murad (July 12, 1994–May 4, 1998)560 objects
- S2001-2002 #10: Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (November 30, 2001–November 30, 2002)547 objects
- S1976-1977 #20: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Thomas Roy Hester (October 20, 1976–June 6, 1977)467 objects