The fonds document Humphrey's role in the United Nations, academic and professional activities as a McGill professor and advocate of human rights, both in Canada and internationally, mainly 1960-1995, and after his career at the United Nations.

The fonds documents the activities of Bruce Whiteman as poet, bibliographer, scholar and editor. It also contains, through correspondence and manuscripts, useful and important information on other leading contemporary Canadian poets.

The fonds includes personal and professional correspondence, 1991-1993; research notes, typescripts, drafts, and corrected proofs of manuscripts; and minor writings (reviews, short poems, bibliographical articles).

The fonds consists of a typed manuscript and a xerox sheet containing information collected by R.C. Amaron about Edwin Hatch, prepared for Dr. R. Williamson of England.