Series consists of drawings, photos, contact sheets, slides, negatives, publications, notes, correspondence, news releases, memorabilia, photocopies, and pamphlets relating to subject files kept by the Media and Public Relations Office to keep track of ideas, news leads, and developing stories as they relate to SFU. See access points for a list of SFU departments and organizations represented in the files.

Sub-sub-series consists of the Vice-President Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Vice-President Financial Services (called Vice-President, Finance from 1985-1988), and some departments in that VP's reporting portfolio (Facilities Management and Security). Topics include payroll, accounting, capital planning, budget policies and procedures, tuition fee policy, development of the administration information system for payroll and personnel, the report of the President's Advisory Committee on Finance (1985), and a report on The Finance Function at SFU prepared by the Woods Gordon firm. Records include correspondence, reports, budget applications, capital plans, and financial statements.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from Physical Plant and Planning (renamed Facilities Management in 1988). Activities and topics documented include the administrative organization of the department and external reviews in 1975 and 1985; maintenance, expansion, renovation, and construction of campus buildings and roads; and space allocation planning. Records include correspondence, reports, architectural plans and drawings, engineering studies, proposals, cost estimates, space usage studies, and brochures and other printed material.