The collection includes files of photocopied clippings published between 1995-2001, pertaining to The New School and its divisions. The clippings were retained by The New School Communications Office and were assembled into monthly or seasonal bound editions titled New School in the News, which were distributed to individuals and offices throughout the university.

Printed publicity materials including but not limited to mailers, viewbooks, pamphlets, and postcards generally advertising The New School, or a particular course or program of study.

The collection consists of one decade of sound recordings documenting guest speakers of The New School's MFA in Creative Writing Program's Non-Fiction Forum. Speakers include major Anglophone non-fiction writers, including art and music critics, historians, memoirists, and journalists.

The collection consists of a little over one decade of sound recordings of poetry readings and discussions, titled the Poetry Forum, sponsored by The New School's MFA in Creative Writing Program.

The collection contains audio recordings of students in the MFA Creative Writing Program at The New School reading their thesis work.

The collection consists of a little over one decade of sound recordings documenting guest speakers of The New School's MFA in Creative Writing Program's Writing for Children's Forum.

The collection consists of documentation about five artists and the works they created for the New School at its flagship building at 66 West 12th Street, and for later additions to the building. The materials here were gathered and produced by the curators of the New School Art Collection. Materials include correspondence, photographs, documentation of restoration efforts, exhibition catalogs, and promotional materials.

Collection is comprised of materials relating to The New School for Social Research (now The New School) commencement ceremonies. Includes commencement programs, invitations, lists of degree recipients (including thesis topics), speech transcripts, and correspondence. Also includes materials relating to Parsons School of Design commencement ceremonies from the years 1980 and 1983.

The New School Office of the President laserfiche files were created by the Process Improvement Office at The New School in 2014-2015. The collection consists primarily of electronic files dating from the New School presidencies of Jonathan F. Fanton and Bob Kerrey, including remarks by New School officers and others. A large portion of the files comprise photographs from events hosted by the New School President and Board of Trustees.

These records span the tenure of multiple New School presidents, but primarily consist of files from the office of President Jonathan Fanton, who served in this role from 1982-1999. The records contain correspondence, financial records, handwritten notes, proposals, minutes and reports.