The fonds consists of papers that cover Griffiths career in radio and television. The is no personal material. The subject files, 1970-1982 (one metre) were assembled, arranged and described by Mrs. Nancy Griffiths, his wife. The arrangement is chronological. The CRTC material contains reports, speeches, press releases, position papers etc. of both the Canadian Radio and Television Commission and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Mr. Griffiths kept material on his interests and numerous items have routing slips with comments by colleagues, especially Roy Faibish, a fellow radio and television executive, who served also in the C.R.T.C. Some of the material is annotated. Annual government reports that were unannotated, were listed and transferred (with some books) to the Queen's Library. Work Mr. Griffiths did on British and Foreign Broadcasting resulted in an unpublished report. Publications of organizations in the radio and television fields have been arranged by organization, not subject. The clipping files (.5 metres) from 1960 to 1985 are a rich source. Where Mrs. Griffiths identified and labelled them, the listings have been kept. The sound recordings mostly pertain to licensing matters.
The collection is comprised of holograph lecture notes on: Metaphysics; Spelling; Grammar; Mathematics, Classics; Junior Philosophy; Junior English; European and Roman History; Moral Philosophy; Latin; Psychology; Inorganic Chemisty; Political Economy; Medicine; and History. There are also diaries and correspondence.
Fonds consists of the records of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, including early records, project files, management files, contracts, bid documents, meeting reports, annual reports, financial statements, project reports, publicity files, subject files, sound recordings and moving image.
The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, financial records, registers, annual reports and a record book. The record book contains the names of children admitted, arranged alphabetically, and information including date of admittance, age, date of leaving, and sometimes where they went.
The collection consists of drawings for a cottage on Sunnyside Island, designed by H.J. Hardenberger of New York for S.E. Brown, as well as drawings for the Yacht House and specifications for carpentry and masonry.