These records consist of school registers, Superintendents' and Directors' reports, annual reports, Board minutes, examinations, assorted financial records, training manuals, yearbooks, and an assortment of records relating to the history of the Board and its schools. These records only document schools in the City of Guelph proper.

Fonds consists of the records created, accumulated and maintained by the Corporation of the City of Guelph, its Council, committees and departments in the course of providing legislative governance and services to the citizens of Guelph. Included in this fonds are minute books, reports, correspondence, and tax and assessment rolls. These records document the activities of the Corporation of the City of Guelph. The fonds is divided into twelve sous fonds. The sous fonds have been created based on the functional nature and organizational structure of the Corporation of the City of Guelph.

This fonds consists of records created or accumulated by the Creative Arts Association including executive and annual general meeting minutes; newsletters and other promotional material; correspondence, advertisements, applications, and administrative records for projects and events hosted by the Association; and historical records doucmenting the development of the Association.

The fonds has been arranged into four series.

This fonds consists of the annual publication, The Changing Image, released by the Dorothy Shoemaker Literary Award Contest to publish the winning entries for its literary award contest. The records are arranged chronologically by year.

The fonds consists of records generated by Austin and Joseph Duignan during the course of providing funeral services in Guelph. The records relate both to the operation of the funeral business and to the attainment of professional qualifications by Joseph Duignan. The fonds is organized into five series.