The fonds consists of subject files including his time as a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service, and his escape from Stalag 3 (Holzminden, Germany) by tunnelling underground; photographs including family and family events, World War One, and his time as an engineer working in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The fonds consists of phjotocopied correspondence with Mrs. Grove, Watson Kirkconnell and Desmond Pacey, and an original manuscript draft of novel about Abe Spalding, which was later revised and published as 'Fruits of the Earth', 1933. The microfilm contains drafts of several of Grove's manuscripts including, Fruits of the Earth, The Master of The Mill, The Weatherhead Fortunes, The White Range Line House and Consider Her Ways.
The Haldimand papers and maps document events in North America during the pivotal period from the beginning of the Seven Years' War to the end of the American Revolution and early Loyalist settlement. The material provides information bearing on many of the significant developments of the time and includes correspondence with military figures such as Generals Jeffery Amherst, Thomas Gage, James Murray and Sir Guy Carleton; correspondence with various civil and military offices and their heads such as the Admiralty, the Provincial Navy, Lord Barrington, Secretary at War; Lord Dartmouth, and Lord George Germain, Secretaries of State; and various governors and lieutenant-governors. Also included are records relating to Indigenous affairs, civil government, loyalists, explorations, military affairs, secret intelligence, state prisoners and personal papers.
Fonds consists of correspondence; manuscript material; photographs taken at Queen's, in England, and in Egypt; copy "Queen's Y.M.C.A. Students' Hand-Book, 1909-1910", containing his class time-table, quotations, names and addresses of fellow students, doodles; receipts; and an admission ticket to the Kingston Skating Rink; notes, booklets, and pamphlets dealing with the formation of the United Nations and its Charter.
The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, agenda, and pamphlets of Canada Foundation, the Canadian Arts Council, Munitions Painting and the Wartime Information Board and the Federation of Canadian Artists. Also included are a draft copy of an autobiography (1982) and short stories. The microform reels contain correspondence, subject files, and a catalogue of Taylor's work.