Fonds represents over seven decades of photography by the owners and staff of Abbass Studios Ltd.. The studio operated a portrait studio, as well as accepted contracts from newspapers and covered local events. The photographs in the fonds reflect the diverse economic, political and cultural heritage of Cape Breton.

The negatives are organized into seven series: A,B,C,D,N, DOSCO, and Portraiture (P). The N series includes the earliest images including the nitrate film negatives. The A,B,C, and D series continue chronologically until 2001 with the Portraiture ending in 2004. The DOSCO series includes photographs taken of the Dominion Steel and Coal Company during the 1950s.

Fonds consists of a poem written by Charles MacLean titled "Do You Remember?"

Fonds consists of a notebook kept by Hill while completing training for the Canadian Engineers unit.

Fonds consists of a speech that was delivered by Mary Belle MacNeil concerning her nursing career, with particular attention to her time spent nursing during war years.

Fonds consists of a letter book, legal documents, correspondence, and a report.