File consists of preliminary notes and mimeographed poems for what is.

File consists of a copy of what is, September 1973, issue # six. : One legal size sheet of paper with a concrete poem "Homage to Allende" by Stephen Morrissey. This poem is a homage to Salvador Allende, the former President of Chile, who was overthrown in a coup d'état in 1973.

File consists of a copy of what is, April 1973, issue # one. Printed on one sheet of legal size paper is a sound poem, "3 voices: words and silences", by Stephen Morrissey; a mimeographed introductory note is stapled to each copy.

File consists of a copy of what is, May 1973, issue # two. Printed on one sheet of legal size paper is a concrete poem by Stephen Morrissey.

File consists of a copy of what is, April 1974, issue # eight. : Four legal size sheets of paper, stapled, with concrete poems by Guy Birchard, Davi Det Hompson, Andre Farkas, and Stephen Morrissey.

File consists of a copy of what is, October 1974, issue # ten. : Three legal size sheets of paper with a visual poem by Edwin Varney, a sound poem by Artie Gold, and a concrete poem by Stephen Morrissey; and one letter size page with a found poem taken from the writings of J. Krishnamurti.

File consists of a copy of what is, January 1974, issue # seven. : One legal size sheet of paper with concrete poems by Artie Gold and Stephen Morrissey.

File consists of a copy of what is, July 1974, issue # nine. : One legal size sheet of paper with a poem by Gerry Gilbert ("Canada's National Magazine").

File consists of a copy of what is, April 1975, issue # twelve. : This issue includes a legal size page advertisement for chapbooks from Vehicule Art as well as six letter size pages of concrete poems by Pat Walsh, Artie Gold, Allan Bealy, Don Druick and Stephen Morrissey.

File consists of the mailing list for what is. This was largely compiled with the help of Richard Sommer, one of Morrissey's professors at Sir George Williams University (Concordia University since 1974).