Sub-series consists of records relating to the university's interactions with the provincial government. Activities and topics documented include determination of the provincial funding formula for allocating government funds to BC's universities; correspondence with the Ministry responsible for universities (under it various name changes); the activities of the British Columbia Human Resources Development Project (1991-1992) in which SFU participated; the activities of SFU's Administrative Costs Study Steering Committee (1992); funding under the provincial Teacher Education Expansions program (1992-1995); the establishment and activities of the Post-Secondary Application Service of British Columbia (1993-1995); funding proposals by SFU departments under the province's Innovation Fund (1993-1996) program; correspondence with the British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfers (BCCAT) and participation in the Degree Program Review Committee (DPRC), the provincial body established in 1995 to approve academic degree programs. Records include correspondence, reports, statistics, briefs and submissions, meeting minutes, agreements, funding proposals and evaluations, and news releases, bulletins, guidelines, and other government printed reference material.

Sub-series consists of photos, articles, and published material relating to individuals from the Department of Psychology. For a list of faculty members associated with the sub-series, see access points.

Series consists of records relating to general public programming matters not falling under a more specific category. Activities, events and topics documented include performing groups associated with the university (SFU Madrigal Singers, the Simon Fraser University Theatre Company, the Magnetic Band), a 1974 copyright dispute (file 8), public and media relations, correspondence with visiting artists, the 1977 residency by five members of the Royal Shakespeare Company (Patrick Stewart, Sheila Allen, Richard Pasco, Ben Kingsley, and Juliet Aykroyd). Records include event programs, membership lists, correspondence, petitions, workshop evaluations, proposals, reports, attendance statistics, press clippings and media releases, architectural drawings (set design, file 17), reprints and other printed reference material.

The sub-series consists of records relating to the planning and publication of Beyerstein's journal articles and book projects. Records include correspondence, research notes and working papers, contracts, reviews, reader responses, royalty statements, photographs, and book publicity materials.

Files arranged chronologically.

Subseries consists of publications written or co-authored by Smythe in his position as chief economist at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Publications include reports, surveys, trend forecasts, studies, and statistics on the topics of radio and telegraph communications, television, and other communications industries.

Sub-series consists of editions of the Deol Society News, as well as an information brochure about the society.

Sub-series consists of sample copies of newsletters, newspapers, booklets and other publications printed by Press Gang Printers.

Subseries contains a map, magazines, zines, clippings, photocopies, art catalogues, and broadsides.

Series consists of publications including Braid's published report Building the Future/Profiles of Canadian Women in Trades.

Sub-series consists of SFU-related publications that McGrath worked on or collected. Includes issues of The Peak, Afterthoughts, and Alumni Journal.

Subseries consists of publications produced by Telelearning Network of Centres of Excellence, including annual reports, preliminary and final conference programs, newsletters, and promotional booklets.

Subseries contains magazines, photocopies, books, exhibit catalogues and film festival guides.

Sub-series consists of publications of or funded by the Society and its clubs. Titles include newsletters of SFSS or affiliated clubs (Council Bulletin, SFU Science Undergraduate Society's Purple Period / Purple Publication, International Club Newsletter); literary or campus opinion reviews (Compass, the first issue of SFU Literary Magazine edited by Brian Fawcett and Henk Suys, Cheap Thrills, International Skyline, Makar, SFU Komix); and newspapers funded by SFSS (Identity – SFU Canadian-Persian Student Newspaper, Mountain Echoes – BC Student Multicultural Newspaper, and U-Voice – SFU Chinese Student Newspaper). Note that most titles are represented by only one or two issues. However, the sub-series does include fairly complete runs of the Council Bulletin over 1966-1967 and U-Voice from 1998-2009.

This sub-series consists of various publications and newspaper clippings that document various matters relating to the Doukhobor community and the organizations within the community such as the CCBRD, the USCC and the Sons of Freedom. Some of the documents relate to the Doukhobor relations with the Canadian government and their attitude toward the Soviet Union. Many publications in this file are created by the CCBRD, its Fraternal Council and some were created by the Investigative Symposium of the CCBRD. These publications contain often ranting, doctrinal, argumentative, historical, and political information and many are authored by Steve Lapshinoff. Some documents are in Russian and some in English. On occasion files contain copies of documents in both languages.

Subseries consists of articles, presentations and correspondence relating to public speaking engagements by McTaggart-Cowan concerning his experiences, findings and opinions relating to the Chedabucto Bay oil spill.

Subseries consists of records arising from publications and presentations produced by Dallas Smythe. Series includes his Ph.D. dissertation, journal articles, studies, speeches, prepared testimony, and other materials. Materials relate to television content analysis, satellite broadcasting and other communications technology, the effects of mass media on society, the peace movement, and other topics researched and studied by Smythe.

Sub-series consists of books by Gambone published by publishers other than Red Lion Press. Titles includes a 2010 edition of Joseph Dietzgen's The Nature of Human Brain Work with an essat by Gambone (PM Press); and two works published by Edmonton's Black Cat Press, Gambone's memoir, No Regrets (2015), and his history of the BC IWW, For Freedom We Will Fight (2021).

Subseries consists of correspondence arising from the creation and publication of Dallas Smythe's various publications and presentations. Series includes correspondence regarding Smythe's research in television content studies, pay TV, telecommunications regulations, telecommunications training for individuals in developing countries, the political economy of communications, and other related topics. Subseries also includes correspondence regarding the publication of Smythe's book, Dependency Road.

Correspondence relating to Smythe's New York television content studies includes some photographs produced during those studies.