- S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)299 objects
- S1971-1972 #120: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (April 3, 1972–October 14, 1980)257 objects
- S1979-1980 #66: Department of Anthropology (CSU Sacramento) (May 13, 1980–July 14, 1980)143 objects
- S1960-1961 #1 [formerly I-60-B]: Nevada State Museum/Richard Shutler Jr. (October 31, 1960–August 15, 1963)131 objects
- S1996-1997 #10: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (March 14, 1997–April 9, 2007)90 objects
- S2005-2006 #2: Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–unknown)90 objects
- S1967-1968 #111: Department of Anthropology (UC Davis)/Jerald Jay Johnson (February 20, 1969–February 18, 1982)84 objects
- S1968-1969 #82: University of California, Davis (February 20, 1969–unknown)84 objects
- S2023-2024 #1: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Lisa Maher (February 7, 2025–unknown)56 objects
- S1987-1988 #14: Indiana University (August 24, 1987–September 30, 1988)53 objects
- S1988-1989 #14: Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology /Nicholas Toth (October 1, 1988–July 11, 1989)51 objects
- S1977-1978 #63: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (1978–October 14, 1980)45 objects
- S1965-1966 #17: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (September 20, 1965–June 27, 1966)31 objects
- S1971-1972 #17: University of California, Riverside/James F. O'Connell (August 20, 1971–1972)31 objects
- S1964-1965 #98: Wayne State University/Gordon L. Grosscup (May 20, 1965–August 10, 1984)29 objects
- S1964-1965 #8: University of California, Santa Barbara/Jay Ruby (August 26, 1964–April 17, 1967)24 objects
- S1969-1970 #135: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (June 8, 1970–July 30, 1970)23 objects
- S1972-1973 #77: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Thomas Roy Hester (April 6, 1973–July 4, 1973)23 objects
- S1997-1998 #8: California State University, Chico/Nette Martinez (March 23, 1998–May 29, 2008)21 objects
- S1970-1971 #82: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Thomas Roy Hester (February 11, 1971–April 20, 1973)20 objects