The fonds consists of personal correspondence, school notebooks, lecture notes and classroom material, manuscripts and published material, political posters and pamphlets, addresses, scrapbooks and a photograph album.The fonds has been arranged in the following series: Personal and family correspondence, 1859-1963; Gordon family material, 1850's-1950's; Organizations (includes IODE, Women's Missionary Society, Dominion Drama Festival and Levana), 1920-1950; School notebooks, 1890-1908; Personal record books (includes diaries), 1899-1951; English department material, 1909-1950; Manuscripts and publications, 1920's-1950's; and Miscellaneous items, 1822-1860.