This collections contains various publications, the majority dating to the 1960s and 1970s. The first one is the State Lion which was a literary magazine published by the Student Association from 1936-1935. Like the other publications, it consisted solely of student work. The second publication is the "Observation" which was a collection of visual artwork by student, and published from 1966-1973. Mediums included within the publication ranged from paintings and sketches to photographs. "Parsec" was another literary magazine that focused on works of science fiction written by students. The collection contains copies from 1969 and from 1972-1975. Another publication called "Phoenix" combined student prose and poetry, with visual arts, publishing work done in both fields. In our collection are various editions from 1971-1977. "The Primer" was another student published literary magazine. It included a variety of prose and poetry and this collection consists of copies published from 1943-1970.

The Tangent was another literary magazine that combined the literary and visual arts, using student art to represent images within the prose and poetry. This collection has two copies from 1981 and 1982. "The Word," another literary magazine, would combine the typical work submitted by students with review of mainstream literature. This was published solely by students from 1967-1968. The final literary magazine was the Statesman which was published from 1939-1941. Like the others in consisted mostly of short stories and poetry written by students. Marcia Brown was the editor-in-chief of the magazine for the first three issues. The final part of this collection is the Sayles Hall Yearbook. This was a publication from the residents of Sayles Hall from 1992-1993, and acted as their personal yearbook for all people and events related to the dorm. They have a scrapbook feel, since many of there pages include photographs taken by the students throughout the year, and combined in to collages.