The collection consists of correspondence to James Montgomery from a variety of individuals from London and PEI, including Thomas Desbrisay, Alex McPherson, Peter Stewart, Robert Gray, William and John Rae, and Robert Shuttleworth. These letters to Montgomery consist of news pertaining to the affairs of his land agents, tenants, and the Island in general, such as the establishing of a store in Georgetown and charges brought against Lieutenant Governor Fanning in 1792. The collection also consists of a letter to Montgomery from his daughter Miss M. Montgomery, dated 13 June 1798, a letter from an unidentified party to Robert Shuttleworth (n.d.) and a contract between Joseph Clark, millwright, and David Lawson for the building and operating of a grist mill, dated the 3 September 1785.

The fonds consists of a mixture of the personal and public papers of the late Premier, Walter R. Shaw. Original order as evidenced by file folder titles was maintained; where papers were loose or otherwise unidentifiable as to source, an attempt has been made to fit them into the existing arrangement or to create new titles. The following nine series, arranged chronologically by W.R. Shaw's personal and public activities and by media have emerged: personal papers; civil service career; Premier's papers, Leader of the Opposition files; Legislative Assembly records; desk diaries; Sound recordings; photographic materials; and scrapbooks.

The fonds consists of correspondence of William Henry Pope from 1860-1880 dealing with politics of the day. In this correspondence there are letters from: Ellis B. Schnabel (1860), Theiddeus Nelles (1862), George Dundas (1863), Spencer Hall (1865), Charles Tupper (1866, 1869, 1870), Joseph Pope (1869), Charles Paget (1869), Alex Sutherland (1870), J.F. Whiteaves (1873), David Davies (1874), Duncan McGregor (1875-1877, 1879), E.H. Davies (1877-1878), Charles Duff (1875), and J. Bulmer (1879).