Fonds consists of records organized into eleven series: personal papers, 1910-1975; Canadian Jewish Congress, 1914-1917; Jewish Colonization Association, 1891-1950; history, 1829-1968; articles, n.d., 1921-1966; research material and subject files, n.d., 1920-1975; demographic studies, 1851-1971; scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings, n.d., 1926-1966.
The collection consists of copied plans for Kingston town hall and Kingston market house as well as a house plan on St. Denis Street in Montreal for the Heirs Hunt. There is one original set of plans, attributed to George Browne, for the Bank of Montreal (Frontenac Club) on King Street, Kingston.
The fonds consists of thirty diaries and one notebook covering the years 1932 to 1960. The diaries and notebooks reflect the work the Somerville undertook during that time and include work at Niagara Parks, Queen Elizabeth Highway, and Fort Henry.
Collection consists of correspondence, diary, poetry, prose, biographical articles, critical commentaries, news clippings, photographs, scrapbook, and miscellaneous items relating to his library and estate. Microfilm material consists of correspondence from 1890-1906 and a diary from 1861-1864. Also included is the manuscript for "The Golden dog" from 1877, in both original (2055, 8-9) and microfilm formats.
Correspondence, newsclippings, photographs and photocopies relating to Allan Neil MacLean and his family. Some names in the family tree are Strange, Warburton and MacPherson.