The original collection box 1 is an artificial collection of records, consisting of a brief, early history of the Journalism Department as well as activities of the faculty, promotional material includes posters, brochures, and correspondence related to conferences and events hosted by the journalism department. Photographs are included in this collection. The 2010 additions contain administrative documents for the department, including department and committee meeting minutes, correspondence, academic audits, academic scholarships that include donation letters and correspondence, and award recipients. The annual department banquet files consist of correspondence and planning documents, scholarship award winners, banquet program, and speaker notes. The University Film Society records include correspondence, planning documents for the academic year’s film series, letters to members, member lists, series programs, and some film posters. The 2019 addition is also artificially gathered from the UWRF Vertical File and is in box 3 of this collection. These mainly included Department and Student Newsletters. Also included is a CD of digital images from the 50th-anniversary banquet of the department, donated by Michael Norman.

Box one of this series is an artificial collection created from a variety of sources. An addition to this collection was added in 2010. Serials and department newsletters were added in 2021 from the Vertical File. The Department's 50th-anniversary images were donated by Michael Norman in 2019, images were taken by Lorin Robinson. Planning papers for the 50th anniversary and reunion were transferred by Michael Norman in 2019 and added to this series (UWRF 2019.031)
UWRF Series 96 Student publications were at some point added to the Verticle file, these were re-added to this series during review in 2021.