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File consists of an instructional document relating to photocopy lifts, a type of image transfer created using a matte or gloss liquid medium. Also includes colour and b&w prints on vellum and one emulsion transfer on a canvas panel that Astman used in teaching. Two of the vellum prints are taped to a poster board for display in the classroom.

File consists of teaching notes and image transfer visual aids that show the results of a variety of transfer processes, such as solvent or heat transfers, used by Astman in teaching. The visual aids contain multiple image transfers alongside the transparencies used to create the transfer and notes describing the steps taken or techniques used.

File consists of teaching notes, materials and supplies relating to image transfer works, especially by heat transfer. Includes paper ephemera such as magazine clippings, wallpaper samples, fabric pieces, vellum prints, printouts, and other graphic material used by Astman in teaching. Also includes visual aids regarding heat transfers, which contain multiple small examples of image transfers alongside the transparencies used to create the transfer and notes describing the steps taken. Some materials, including vellum prints, have been folded, cut or torn into various shapes for use in creating image transfers or other processes.

File consists of samples of prints, predominantly image transfers created through various processes such as by heat or solvent, on a variety of materials, including paper, cardboard, fabric, and metal. Also includes instructional documents for using Iron-on Transfer Paper and 8 skeletonized leaves, which were used as supplies during Astman's teaching.

File consists of a notebook of students' photographic works and portraits, primarily in the form of photographic strips attached to paper, created for one of Astman's courses at OCAD U (previously the OCA) during the 1970s. Some pages are bound in the notebook and others are loose and dispersed throughout its pages. Also includes correspondence with Alan Gabay (former student), recalling the course.

Fonds consists of records of the artistic and academic career of Barbara Astman, chiefly in Toronto from the 1960s to the second decade of the 21st century, including photographs of her projects and exhibitions, correspondence and textual documentation of projects, personal and other photos and journals, and some audiovisual materials.

File consists of Astman's photo ID card for OCAD U, attached to a fabric lanyard. A coin on a key ring is also attached to the lanyard.

File consists of correspondence from Nancy Jane Friedland and OCAD U regarding Astman’s retirement from teaching.

File consists of image transfer prints on a variety of materials including paper, a copper plate, acrylic sheets, and a piece of fabric. Also includes a visual aid showing multiple examples of acetone image transfers, alongside the graphic material used to create the transfer and Astman's notes. The prints in this file exemplify the results of a variety of image transfer processes, including acetone transfers.

File consists of an instructional teaching document, paper, and three latex gloves. Materials relate to Astman's teaching of processes for the creative bleaching of photographs.