The Instructional and Public Television records consist of materials related to WMSB-TV and WKAR-TV including press releases, policy, brochures, reports, and program information. The collection also includes audio-visual materials such as photographs, film and video. These AV materials include Commencements and State of the University events.

This collection included a document titled "The Public Commission of the University: A Plan of Research Submitted to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation by John F. A. Taylor, Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University." Also included is a newspaper clipping quoting Taylor on the separation of universities from politics.