The fonds consists of a single, leather-bound journal that contains minutes of the board of directors of the Tobique Mill Company for the years 1836-1840.

This fonds consists of a business ledger of David Wetmore, Jr., which contains references to surveyors and operations within the lumbering camp.

This fonds consists of the charter of the New Brunswick Land and Lumber Company and a mortgage deed of trust, 1881.

This fonds contains diaries and letters written by Catherine, Margaret and Jessie Loggie, the daughters of Alexander and Catherine Loggie. The writers express concerns about young women embarking on a career in teaching and comment upon a ten day's trip to the interior of Norway as well as a voyage from Rimouski (Quebec) to Calcutta via Liverpool.

This fonds consists of accounts of timber sales (1857-1860) and timber rafts (May-June 1887); the day books of the D. D. Glasier and Son grocery store (1876-1898); and a letter from R. D. Wilmot (1894).

Fonds consists of a ledger recording individual East Kootenay assays from 1895-1900.

This fonds consists of administrative and financial records and includes reports (1891-1903), a bond (1890), correspondence (1892-1898), a receipt book (1892), a copy of the consitution and by-laws and a ritual book.

This fonds consists of correspondence between Samuel Mayes and George Botsford and their customers, 1884-1904.

This fonds includes Oscar Hanson's correspondence, especially from his cousin Edgar Hanson, 1865-1894, and family business correspondence and legal papers, 1844-1905. There are records about fraternal organizations, 1840-1888; the Cameron Cooper Mine and Anthracite Coal Mining Co., 1876-1879, and the Post Office, 1871-1906. Also included are business records about shipping and lumbering, 1858-1883; New Brunswick government circulars, 1866-1879; and material dealing with elections, 1878-1889.

Fonds consists family and business correspondence, a deed, appointments to postmaster's position, business accounts, and essays. The business correspondence deals with shippings lumber aboard the Peake Bros. schooner, 1891-1892. Included are essays written by Howard Chapman on historical topics such as Halifax history, the Cape Tormentine breakwater and lumbering.