Fonds consists of lecture notes and newspaper clippings.

Fonds consists of notes taken while studying at Dalhousie Medical School.

Fonds consists of notebooks, correspondence, books, articles, a photograph, and artifacts.

Fonds consists of sensitive material regarding chemical warfare. These papers include correspondence, research, reports, notebooks, articles, and manuals. Also included is an unpublished manuscript titled "Adventures of a Chemist in Search of Poisons" written by Dr. Young. The manuscript tells of some of his experiences during his twenty-five years as a forensic chemist.

The fonds consists of student registration tickets, examinations, and various papers while studying at Dalhousie.

Fonds consists of notebooks from the medical school at the University of Edinburgh.

Fonds consists of certificates awarded by the Provincial Medical Board of Nova Scotia and Dalhousie College and University. There are several student tickets from various Halifax institutions included in the fonds.

Fonds consists of medical academic papers presented to the Osler Medico-Historical Club.

Fonds consists of reports, statistics, and photographs of the hospital.

Fonds consists of a single notebook that contains committee minutes regarding the care of patients following the 1917 Halifax Explosion, as well as two pages of notes written in 1944 by M.G. Burris (the donor).