Fonds consists of records which document the functions and activities of the School Trustees. The fonds is arranged in three series: 1) Letterbooks; 2) Correspondence and 3) Cashbook.

Fonds consists of correspondence, guest register inc. photographs, accounts, list of events and Pioneer Medallion Application forms. The applications provide considerable genealogical information.

Fonds consists of the minutes of two meetings of the Committee. Volume also includes the Board of Police Commissioner's minutes.

Fonds consists of the minutes of one meeting of the Market Committee and a cashbook.

Fonds consists of a copy of the constitution (1954) and an annual report (1956).

Fonds consists of minutes of the Board of Appeal. Minute book also includes minutes of the Market Committee, the Waterworks Committee, the Court of Revision and Public Hearings.

Fonds consists of administrative records, 1943-1969, such as correspondence, financial records, and a floor plan. There are records created in 1968 and 1969 relating to the sale of Langholm. There is also a special report by Frederick Field and Co. created in 1949 that addressed the management of patients assets, a financial ledger from 1949-1968, and patient logs, which contain personal information, from 1943-1947, 1947-1951, 1951-1956, and 1957-1968. Included in the fonds are records from the Langholm Womens Auxiliary which include a 1960-1968 ledger book, and minute books from 1950-1954, 1954-1958, and 1959-1969. Additionally, there are minutes from the Langholm Committee from 1945-1949.

The fonds consists of official commissions as government agent and police magistrate (1909); marriage certificates and childrens' report card and certificates; business correspondence concerning real estate (1892-1899); and letters of administration and estate administration papers for miners who died intestate in an explosion at the Wellington Mine in 1884, including John Lowry, Martin Lowry, Henry Arnold, Barney McGinnes, John Winders, and Domenico Ricono.

Fonds consists of family papers and memorabilia of the Addison family. Includes letters and cards sent for Jane Addison's one-hundredth birthday in 1988, certificates from various fraternal societies and service organizations, materials related to the Queen's 1953 Coronation, photographs predominantly related to George Addison's aldermanic duties. Also includes class lists and other materials related to the John Shaw School reunion organized by Audrey Curtis (nee Addison) in 1991.

Fonds consists of speeches, newpaper clippings and correspondence about the statue project, sculptor Jack Harman, and the members of the committee.