Series Ledgers, Account Books, and Notes consist of financial record books of various Papineau-owned or affiliated corporations from 1848 to 1882.

Series consists of Edel's correspondence related to research on Henry James. Included are letters from some personal friends and other contemporaries of James, such as Percy Lubbock and Edith Wharton. Also included are over 1,500 pages of correspondence dating between 1937 and 1955 with Allan Wade. Other correspondents include Caroline Kipling, Anita Leslie, Sir Shane Leslie, and Theodora Bosanquet, James's long-time amanuensis. The series also contains correspondence with some James family members, including Michael James, Alexander James, Frederika (Mrs. Alexander) James, Maggie (Mrs. Samuel Spruul) James.

Series consists of Edel's notebooks, including address books, diaries, journals, and travel notes.

This series is a group of materials relating specifically to the life of Roy States.

This series consists of complete (or largely complete) issues of newspapers. About two-thirds of the series consists of Canadian newspapers; the remaining third consists of non-Canadian newspapers, most of these being from the United States. Clippings from newspapers are distributed among several of the series, but a large proportion of them are in Series F.

This series consists of original and photocopied clippings from newspapers and magazines, as well as other types of original or photocopied extracts from publications (such as article reprints and offprints). Also included are two volumes (one photo album and one scrapbook) whose contents consist primarily of clippings and photocopies.

The series consists of documents related to Dorothy Duncan’s personal life, including a copy of Dorothy Duncan’s birth certificate, clippings of obituaries from Duncan’s death, and two personal photo albums (1930-1940). The photo albums are a mix of family photos, personal travel photos, and commercial postcards and photos documenting Canada, the United States of America, and various European countries.

This series contains financial and legal documents created by or on behalf of members of the Hall family between approximately 1719 and 1912. The documents in the series were predominately created in Montreal, Hinchinbrooke, and Quebec City, with some documents created in New England. Documents include accounts, receipts and invoices, loans, power of attorney, land surveys, wills, inventories of estates, a marriage contract, and other documents.

This series contains documents related to the Hall family's public and private life. The documents date from approximately 1739 to 16 April 1859 and were created while members of the Hall family were living in Germany, the United States, and Canada. The documents in the series reflect the Hall family's participation in religious, masonic, and military organizations and includes certificates, official correspondence, a manuscript and a recipe.

The documents in this series were those that did not fit easily into the other series of the fonds. Files in this series are grouped by activity and are arranged in rough chronological order.