The fonds consists of correspondence, commissions, and other documents pertaining to a variety of topics and interests of William Morris - elementary and university education, Clergy Reserves, church missions, synod and presbytery affairs, church unions and contemporary politics, particularly where the affairs of state bore religious consequence. The material is relevant to Morris's political career and includes several Royal Warrants authorizing his appointment to the Legislative Council, the Executive Council, and as Receiver-General of Canada as well as material pertaining to the history and founding of Queen's University. Of particular note is one letter from John A. Macdonald.
Fonds consists of notes and manuals for White's artworks, correspondence, course curriculum for courses taught at Ryerson University, and other material.
Fonds consists of the records of four members of the Morris family from Brockville, Ontario: Edmund Morris, James Morris, John L. Morris, and William John Morris..
The fonds consists of correspondence, biographical data, certificates, legal documents, news clippings, and telegram books. The bulk of the collection is legal documents concerning his considerable land holdings in northern Ontario. His subject files include his indenture to John A. Macdonald as a law student. There is also the original manuscript of his prize winning essay: Canada and Her Resources.
The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, newspaper clippings and speeches illustrating Mitchell's career in provincial and federal politics.
The fonds consists of correspondence concerning his career and the discovery of Corundum, news clippings, a notebook of a trip in 1893 and memoranda concerning minerals in Ontario.
