Fonds consists of correspondence, including several members of the Group of Seven - A.Y. Jackson, Lawren Harris, and A.J. Casson; diaries, including a detailed inventory of the Putnam's art collection; subject files; clippings; photographs; sound and vidoe recordings consisting of an interview with A.Y. Jackson detailing the early years of the Group of Seven, and interviews with Joyce Putnam by CBC Radio's 'Ontario Morning' and local Kingston television (COGECO) programme, 'Senior Scope'; material relating to the publishing of Joyce Putnam's manuscript, "Seven Years with the Group of Seven"; files relating to the theft of a number of Group of Seven paintings from the Putnam's personal collection; scrapbook of her one-woman art show; a copy of her personal reminiscences entitled, "75 Cents a Week".
Fonds consists of correspondence relating mainly to Alfred Bader's work in chemistry and his life as a gallery owner, art dealer, and art critic; subject files; papers documenting his early life in England, Canada, and the United States; records pertaining to his numerous travels around the world; writings and various publications; drafts and mss. in connection one of his memoirs entitled "Chemistry and Art: More Adventures of a Chemist Collector"; photographs. It also includes his POW shirt from WWII.
The Fritz-Green fonds is comprised of material created and/or collected and collated by Paul Fritz. The records predominantly pertain to the history of the Delta region that were gathered, acquired, and purchased by, or given and gifted to, Paul Fritz from a variety of sources during his time spent researching and writing about the area. The fonds also contains a significant amount of material which documents various Green family members (Fritz's maternal side) as well as textual records created in the course of Fritz's own personal activity and endeavours. The fonds consists of of three sous-fonds and one collection: Paul Fritz sous-fonds; Green family sous-fonds; Delta Region Collection; and Stevens family sous-fonds.
