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The Video Recordings (2 linear feet) document various performances sponsored by the University Musical Society. Formats include VHS videotapes, and DVCAM and DAT digital video tapes. The VHS tapes include the Distinguished Artist Award of the Ford Honors Program (1996-1998 and 2001-2002), the Hill Auditorium Re-opening Concert in January 2004, special performances by the Grand Rapids Symphony, and the Youth Performance Series (2001-2003). The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) residency videotapes include lectures by Ralph Williams, professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, delivered prior to the performance of the history plays in 2001 and the Merry Wives of Windsor and Coriolanus in 2003. There are several tapes documenting the RSC performance of Salman Rushdie's work Midnight's Children. A copy of the rehearsal script will be found in the Scripts series. Digital materials document a performance by singing group Sweet Honey in the Rock at Hill Auditorium in 2004, the 2004 Merce Cunningham Residency, and Distinguished Artist awards.

Also in the Motion Pictures series is a 16mm film entitled A Conductor Speaks featuring Arthur Fiedler and Gail Rector. An interview with legendary UM band director William Revelli is also captured on videotape.

Sound Recordings include material on cassette and LP formats as well as digital audio recordings. LP formats include the 100th anniversary celebration, and a 1978 recording of the performance of Messiah. The digital audio recordings include Haydn's "The Creation," St. Matthew Passion," and William Bolcom's "Songs of Innocence and Experience."