Color slides most likely originating from the University Photographer depicting various university events, athletics, student life and views of campus and campus buildings. Among the events represented are the inaugurations of President William J. McGill (1970) and Michael I. Sovern (1980) as well as commencement ceremonies. Among the commencement 1967 slides one can find images of campus buildings and landscaping in the full bloom and some images of architectural models for the development of East Campus. Note that there are two sets of 1969 commencement slides. Slides are listed alphabetically by subject and/or name and are arranged in two slide boxes which each contain six smaller boxes. These are indicated as 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc. in the container list.

Negatives found in this series are a mix of original and copy negatives of 35mm and larger formats. They are almost exclusively black and white and all originate from the University Photographer's office. The negatives in this series consist of portraits, campus events, and athletic contests taken primarily between1947 and 1998. Subject designations created by the University Photographer were maintained as individual sub-series in this collection. This series is particularly useful for finding images of people from and events held in the 1970s and 1980s. Negatives are still stored in the original envelopes and sleeves, though were re-boxed into archival negative boxes.

Alphabetically arranged prints of a variety of subjects, places and events associated with Columbia University. The bulk of the images are undated, but those with noted dates usually date from the 1950s through the 1990s. Topics included in this series include commencement, Pulitzer Prizes, homecoming, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and many images of campus features and buildings.

These photographs consist of black-and-white photographic prints, negatives, and contact sheets depicting student protest activities at Columbia from April 21, 1967 to April 21, 1969, with the overwhelming majority of items dating from April and May, 1968 - the period of the most sustained and significant student protests at Columbia.

Negatives, prints, contact sheets and digital files stored on compact discs dating between 1999 and 2016. This series also includes some older prints and negatives taken by University Photographer Joe Pinero in the 1970s-1990s. Image files are arranged in the order they were packed by Eileen Barroso for transfer to the University Archives and all materials have been maintained in their original folders, envelopes and sleeves. The files are roughly in alphabetical and reverse chronological order, though there are some folders not in true alphabetical or chronological order.