The bulk of the fonds consists of correspondence and other documents relating to Edward Blake's personal and family matters, law practice, educational and business concerns, and to his political career in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the Canadian and British Parliaments. There are incoming letters, as well as drafts or copies (including ten letter books) of outgoing correspondence. The collection also includes scrap books of newspaper clippings dealing mainly with politics and speeches. Major topics within the Edward Blake correspondence include the North West Territories, the Riel Rebellion, railways (particularly the Canadian Pacific Railway), election results, extradition of criminals to the United States, the Jesuit Estates Act, Irish nationalism and politics.
The fonds consists of the diaries of Edna Barrett, written from the age of 12 until the end of her life in 1998. The diaries describe, among other topics, fashion shows, trips taken, and real estate sales and rentals listings conducted during each year.
The fonds consists of correspondence, research files, lecture notes and manuscripts, as well as material relating to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the design and construction of Stirling Hall.
The fonds is comprised of family papers. Mrs. Pierce gathered together correspondence and memorabilia of the whole family and have been arranged into the following series: correspondence (1909-1955); diary; research notes and memoranda; photographs; news clippings; and miscellaneous.
The collection consists of material relating to Mary Macdonald, daughter of Sir John A. Macdonald, 1911-1988. Includes an autograph album, photograph of Mary Macdonald, issue of the Times containing the death of Lady Macdonald, September 7, 1920 and notes by Margaret Cohoe. Typescript of A Trilogy: I. Mary Macdonald. II. Sarah Hannah Coward (Mrs. Charles Clarke) and III. St. Aubyns, Hove. Also includes a photograph of Mary Macdonald (1929).
Fonds consists of letters, with typescript copies, received from student "pen pals" living in Holland and Germany, following World War Two, and a German POW who had been interred in Lethbridge, Alberta.
