This collection brings together prints, slides and negatives, many of which were used in campus publications such as the yearbook, student newspaper, course catalogs, and alumni publications. There are color as well as black and white photographs. The different photographic formats are interfiled. The collection includes photographs of athletics, student life, and academics, as well as special events and university advancement activities from the college's founding until the early 2000s.

Contents include correspondence from United States Senator Faircloth of North Carolina to Don Betz. In the letter, Faircloth responds to Betz's concerns about mass transit finances.