This series, designated “Entertainment” files by the Office of the President, concerns events held by the President of The New School spanning the tenures of John Everett and Jonathan Fanton. The bulk of these documents concern event planning, and in particular contain guest lists, plans for seating arrangements, invitations and other correspondence with speakers and attendees, documents related to catering, speeches delivered by the president, and notes on fund raising and development strategy.

The files in this series were originally grouped into subseries, as follows: President Entertainment Files 1978-1987; President Entertainment Files/Trips 1985-1987; and Jonathan Fanton Entertainment/Event Files 1988-1989. These subseries have been eliminated in order to create a single chronological run of files. Most of the file titles from the original folders have been retained, although the inventory supplied to the Archives by the President's Office was not complete, so certain titles have been added. Files are arranged chronologically by event date.