Fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, photographs, and drafts of his manuscript William Henry Bartlett: Artist, Author, Traveller (1965-1974); correspondence, diaries, subject files, theatrical and musical programmes; photographs; and writings, pertaining to his time, and that of his wife (the late Irene Joan Porteous) as students at Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, as an officer in World War Two, a professor and administrator at the University Geulph, and author and traveller; book reviews for "The Picturesque" and "A Part of Me is Missing"; manuscript material and reviews relating to "Slow march to a Regiment", "Sullivan Ross", and "Fast in My Enchantments"; early postcards to, and from, various family members and friends.