The majority of the items found in this collection are photographs, negatives, and contact sheets of university buildings, its people, and events taken by the Office of Media Relations from the 1940s to the 1990s. Press releases, university publications, correspondence, and other materials created by the department are also available in the collection.

The Office of Media Relations is a department of the University Communications, and they are responsible for communicating information regarding the University’s achievements, faculty research, programs, and events to the local, regional, national, and international news media.

This collection contains performance programs, brochures, graphics, ephemera, slides, press releases, news clippings, photographs, negatives, and other assorted records and reports from the University of Miami's Ring Theatre.