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The fonds consists of correspondence, legal documents, diaries, genealogies and photographs from the Honourable Richard Cartwright (1759-1815) to the present generations. Of special interest are the letters and diaries of the Honourable Richard Cartwright's eldest children : James (1786-1811), Richard (1787-1811) and Hannah (1792-1812), and letters from the Rev. John Strachan.

The fonds consists of thirty diaries and one notebook covering the years 1932 to 1960. The diaries and notebooks reflect the work the Somerville undertook during that time and include work at Niagara Parks, Queen Elizabeth Highway, and Fort Henry.

The fonds consist of correspondence, diaries, prose, sermons, research notes, articles and commentaries, material relating to associations, clubs and organizations, personal materials, scrapbooks, photographs and news clippings. Also includes photographs of the Pierce family and of persons connected with literature and the arts primarily in Canada.

The fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda, diaries, material by and about J.W. Dafoe, subject files, scrapbooks and miscellaneous pamphlets. The correspondence files, arranged chronologically, contain memoranda of confidential interviews on Canadian politics, trade, the economy, external affairs, defence. Often these memoranda are in the form of letters or vice versa, so the two have been filed together. The Diaries written by Grant Dexter in 1938-39 while he was in England touch on many aspects of Canadian External Affairs. Also included is a diary kept by Grant Dexter's wife Alice, outlining their life in London in 1937.

Collections consists of Memorial Books relating to both Lorne and Edith Pierce; travel diaries; photographs; and a copy of Edith Chown Pierce's, "Canadian Glass: A Footnote to History". Nearly every Canadian literary figure of note for the period 1920 to 1960 is representedby at least some manuscript material in this collection. Among its many highlights the collection includes the letters and manuscripts of William Wilfred Campbell; Desertion in Canada by Major John Richardson; the original manuscript of William Kirby's novel, The Golden dog; manuscripts written and decorated by Wilson Macdonald; letters, manuscripts and memorabilia of Sir Charles G. D. Roberts; and the Marjorie Pickthall papers which include her diaries, letters manuscripts and sketches. Also represented are Raymond Knister, Duncan Campbell Scott, Archibald Lampman, Camille Roy, Stephen Leacock, Marius Barbeau,Audrey Alexandra Brown, Earle Birney, Katherine Hale, A. J. Pratt and Al Purdy. Some papers of artists J.E. H. Macdonald, A. Y. Jackson, C.W. Jefferys and Thoreau Macdonald are included in this collection.

The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, memorabilia and photographs. The papers are divided into two series: Correspondence of Anna Walling - prominent correspondents include Charlotte Perkins Gliman, Emma Goldman, and Selig Perlman, and Correspondence of Others - including correspondence of William English Walling, other family members and Leonard Abbott. The correspondence (1897-1964) which includes family, friends and political associates documents Walling's involvement in political causes. The letters also reveal Anna Walling's feelings on personal matters, social questions and her reactions to meetings with prominent persons both in the United States and abroad.

The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, newspaper articles, pamphlets, speeches, press clippings, and personal diaries 1912-1959. A large portion of these papers consists of material concerning western agriculture and politics. Of particular interest in this connection are those files dealing with the Canadian Council of Agriculture, which includes the minutes of the Council from December 29, 1911 to March 31, 1922.

The fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda, diaries, petitions and other papers.

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.

The Geddes Snow Road Station fonds contains a series of yearly diaries, kept by Mr. Geddes from 1907 until 1966, that detail his life and the activities in and around the village of Snow Road Station, Frontenac County, Ontario. Towards the last years of his life, Hilda Geddes, his daughter, helped him keep his diaries; for this reason, the diaries actually record his death and events for a little time after his death. While the diaries form the bulk of these records there is also a series of business records that detail some of Mr. Geddes business activities at Snow Road Station. These include account books, a 'letter book' from the station and other business records.