Consists of black and white photographs of a Mannes commencement ceremony. Subjects include Mannes president Risë Stevens, faculty member Nadia Reisenberg, board chair Craig Burrell, board member Alice Tully, and Dean David Tcimpidis.

The Combined Executive Committee was composed of members of the executive committees of Mannes's three divisions: Mannes College, the Preparatory School, and the Extension Division. Much of the material documents the 1999 controversy during the term of Mannes dean Joel Lester in which the Metropolitan Opera Guild fired its union orchestra members and attempted to hire Mannes students to replace them.

Consists of black and white photographs of Mannes alumni, including pianists Myung Whun Chung and Murray Perahia, and mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade as well as Mannes piano faculty member Hans Neumann.

Correspondence, memoranda, articles, and notes concerning the attempted merger of Mannes with Manhattan School of Music in 1978, the firing of Mannes faculty by acting president Jack M. Watson, and the subsequent protests by students and faculty resulting in the removal of the Mannes board of trustees by the New York State Board of Regents. The folder title is retained from the original file compiled by Elizabeth Aaron.

Primnarily correspondence between board members and Girard Spencer, Mannes board chair, or Risë Stevens, Mannes president.

Board meeting minutes generally relating to topics such as budgetary issues, fundraising, election of new board members, facility issues, and college events and publicity.