The fonds consists of correspondence from the first half of the nineteenth century with many well-known figures, including Sir Allan Macnab, Peter McGill, John Solomon Cartwright, Robert David Cartwright, John Macaulay and James Bell Forsyth. These papers provide valuable information about the political and religious life for the period from 1878 to 1853. In addition there is a good deal of information about Cartwright business affairs. The papers are arranged chronologically in twenty-two files. While most of the letters are original, there are transcripts of a few letters in the files.
Autograph album contains autographs and holograph letters from many well-known figures, including Sir Isaac Brock, Lord Elgin, John Keble, John Henry Newman, Bishop Strachan, Lord John Russell, Governor-General Metcalfe and Lord Dufferin.
Fonds consists of correspondence, including Andre Beiler and Richard Finnie; manuscripts, including "Andre Bieler: An Artists's Life and Times', and 'History of Art', as published in "County of a Thousand Lakes", photographs; news clippings; and art exhibition catalogues.
Fonds consists of correspondence sent from Europe by Francis Edward Wootton to family during WWI, as well as field manuals and other handbooks for officers. Also includes letters to Ada Scharman (Mrs. Wootton) upon her move to New Zealand, and a box of assorted pins, buttons, shell casings, and a trench knife.
