The fonds consists of letters to John and Alexander Anderson, merchants interested primarily in West Africa. Press clippings concerning Captain William Anderson of the artillery in the Afghan war, 1840.
The fonds consists of correspondence, press clippings and photographs relating to Queen's University. The papers relate especially to Sir William Hamilton Fyfe, Robert Bruce Taylor and Robert Charles Wallace.
The fonds consists of journals describing farm life; including sowing, harvesting, cattle breeding, the buying of articles from the general store and home remedies.
The fonds consists of a set of diaries, virtually complete, spanning forty-seven years, sermons, essays, correspondence, and minutes of church meetings.