Subseries 7E: Fund Promotion, 1947-1989, concerns the solicitation of gifts for the University in the form of annual giving, capital campaigns, and the cultivation of particularly wealthy individuals. The Campaign for Princeton, the capital campaign championed by Bowen in the early to mid-1980s, dominates this subseries. The campaign is documented through publications, campaign committee work, the President's Program to promote the campaign (usually by visiting wealthy alumni and alumni groups around the country), and descriptions of the most pressing financial needs of the University.

Subseries 7F: Insurance, 1972-1987, contains information on the University's insurance policies and on the trustee committee on insurance.

Subseries 7G: Investments, 1969-1988, consists of files on the investments and investment policies of the University. Topics include the trustee committee on investments; investment managers and companies; and high profile investments like Palmer Square and the Princeton Investment Company. The most prominent topic in this subseries, however, is South Africa and Princeton's investment policies regarding this racially segregated nation. This was a contentious topic on campus from the late 1960s through Bowen's entire tenure. All aspects of the issue are represented in this subseries, including the economic effects of divestment, administration/trustee relationships with corporations doing business in South Africa, arguments for and against divestment, student unrest in favor of divestment, and background material on the social, political, and economic situation in that country. Divestment from South Africa may have been the most tenacious and controversial issue that faced the Bowen administration, and Bowen doggedly defended Princeton investment policies throughout his presidency. See also the public relations material about South African investment policies in the files of the assistants to the president (Subseries 18B), box 400, folders 3-12.

Subseries 7H: Reports, 1972-1987, contains reports on the financial state of the University, including audit, controller's, financial, and gift reports.

Subseries 7I: Taxes, 1972-1987, consists of material both on the taxes collected from the University by the Internal Revenue Service, and the effect that taxes and tax write-offs have on University donors.