Fonds consists of correspondence arranged chronologically and published works compiled and microfilmed by Cornell University. Includes correspondence of Theodore Arnold Haultain, a bibliography of Smith's published works, subject index to Bystander columns in the Week and Toronto Weekly Sun and scrapbooks, 1844-1915. There is also correspondence concerning Canadian-American relations, Imperial relations, annexation, and Canadian politics, 1878-1909; correspondence from Sir John A. Macdonald relating to the Canadian Pacific Railway, federal politics, Ontario politics, Edward Blake, and Sir Francis Hincks 1878-1882; and letters from Smith to a student, or possibly junior professor at Oxford named Owen and to his mother Mrs. Owen, n.d.; 1864-1894.