Newspaper clippings concerning industrial development in the Gold Coast Colony (present day Ghana) in 1921, and the creation and activities of the Shell Committee and Imperial Munitions Board in 1915.

Edward S. Winslow correspondence and drafts regarding the Canadian Manufacturing Association's Committee for National Defence delegation to England, and the responding delegation to Canada in September of 1939. Includes reports and notes from the meetings with officials in Britain and in Ottawa. Also includes correspondence discussing the ways that Ingersoll-Rand will respond to the war.

Edward S. Winslow correspondence and drafts regarding the Canadian Manufacturing Association's Committee for National Defence delegation to England, departing July 29, 1939, and returning 7 September, 1939. Includes schedules of meetings with British officials and factory tours, reports and notes from these meetings, lists of members of the delegation and committees, invitations to clubs and dinners, a draft of an article about the potential role of Canadian manufacturing if there were to be a war, and a circular summarizing the creating of the Committee for National Defence's creation and activities.

Edward S. Winslow correspondence and drafts regarding preparations for the Canadian Manufacturing Association's Committee for National Defence delegation to England, seeking munitions contracts for Canadian manufactureres with the British government, departing July 29, 1939, and returning 7 September, 1939. Also includes some correspondence, notes, and a Candian immigration card from after the delegation's departure.

Correspondence addressed to and from Edward S. Winslow, regarding the Sherbrooke factory of the Ingersoll-Rand Company, where Winslow was the Manager of the Munitions Department and Assistant to the General Manager, later the General Sales Manager. Letters, circulars, and memos discuss the transition of the factory from primarily manufacturing 8-inch to 6-inch shells, as well issues related to the end of the war, such as staffing cuts and returning to the manufacture of drilling equipment. Include clippings of articles about Canada's munitions manufacturing during the war, and about Canada's economic state at the end of the war. Includes a copy of the text of an address given by Edward S. Winslow.

Correspondence addressed to and from Edward S. Winslow, regarding the World War I and the manufacturing of shells at the Sherbrooke factory of the Ingersoll-Rand Company, where Winslow was the Manager of the Munitions Department and later Assistant to the General Manager. The letters, circulars, and memos primarily concern price and production of shells, and discussions of the staffing of the factory, as well as the possibility of transitioning to the production of different kinds of munitions. Frequent correspondents include E. W. Gilman, General Manager, and George Doubleday, President of the Ingersoll-Rand Company. A few letters are from soldiers who were friends or former employees of Winslow. Includes a brief history of the Sherbrooke factory's munitions production written by Edward S. Winslow for the Historian's Office of the Imperial Munitions Board.

Correspondence, mostly addressed to and from Edward S. Winslow, regarding the sales department of the Ingersoll-Rand Company, where Winslow was the General Sales Manager. Letters, reports, and memos discuss sales activities throughout Canada (especially BC; Colbalt and Welland, Ontario; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Sydney, Nova Scotia; and Newfoundland) and staffing, including hiring, salaries, and expenses. Includes material related to a film called "The Story of Compressed Air" and a related presentation that Edward S. Winslow made to the Mining Institute. Also includes some letters from Dick Williams and Tim Truran working on a colonial industrial project in the Gold Coast Colony (present day Ghana) and a salesman working in South Africa.

Edward S. Winslow correspondence and drafts regarding the Ingersoll-Rand Company (Winslow was General Manager and First Vice President at this time) and the Quebec Branch of the Canadian Manufacturing Association (Winslow served as Vice-Chairman and Chairman). Much of the material in this file is related to the role of Canadian manufacturers in British re-armament efforts preceding the Second World War, especially Winslow's role in the CMA's Committee on National Defense, including meetings with the Canadian Prime Minister and other Canadian officials, and a delegation to Britain.