The fonds consists of correspondence, reports, student essays and other material relating to the Canadian Legion Educational Services Overseas during World War II, Ghana and the Colombo plan while Ault was director general of Technical Assistance, Department of Trade and Commerce.
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 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 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 all personal and official correspondence pertaining to all aspects of Sir Edward's life including Prince of Wales Tours (1919 -1920), foreign affairs (1919-1922), imperial relations (1918-1922), India (1920-1922), Ireland (1920-1921), East Africa (1925-1930), election material (1923 & 1933), and defence (1932-1945). The fonds also contains press clippings, reviews, pamphlets, speeches and articles.