This fonds contains documents pertaining to the life of William Hespeler, such as confirmation of attending the Polytechnic Institute in Karlsruhe (1847-1849), of deferment from military service in 1850, of immigration to Canada, and of naturalization as a British subject. The fonds includes the items taken to Russia in 1872 (i.e. responses from Ottawa to the Russian Mennonite inquiries about priveledges been sought such as exemption from military service). The fonds also contains various items with the autographs of individuals such as Otto von Bismark, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Prussia, and the British monarch, Queen Victoria. The documents pertain to Hespeler's service to Canada or Germany.

The fonds contains all records pertaining to both the Winnipeg General and Health Sciences Centre Schools of Nursing including lists of enrolees, student time books, notes, and handbooks, teaching materials, examination results from the first quarter of the twentieth century, some diplomas and one complete run of years books.

The fonds also contains Alumni related material including the Alumnae Journal, records and history of the Alumni Association, biographical information on select graduates, reference files on nursing and the history of nursing, and information on the Manitoba Association of Registered Nurses (MARN).

The photograph collection contains images of student and nursing staff both at graduation and in and around the hospital campus. The slide collection contains teaching materials.

The special collection consists of textbooks, theses, an incomplete second run of the Alumni Journal and Yearbook, an incomplete run of the Canadian Nurse Journal and a small number of volumes related to the history of nursing. In addition, a collection of artwork and artifacts also exist including pins, uniforms, china and silverware

The fonds consists of Dr. Joan Finkle de Peña’s manuscripts, articles and lecture notes pertaining to her academic teaching career at St. Louis University, and the University of Manitoba. The fonds also consists of material pertaining to her research in Puerto Rico when she was a graduate student, as well as a her academic research work with her studies of the Inuit of the North, during her tenure as a faculty member with the Department of Anthropology, University of Manitoba. In addition there are textual records pertaining to her involvement with various national and international professional associations, including the Sigma Xi Scientific Society. The collection also contains a total of 4624 photographs, 90 negatives, and 1,125 photo slides.

The fonds consist of records related to the Children’s Hospital of Winnipeg including newsletters, yearbooks and student records from the Children’s Hospital School of Nursing, departmental correspondence, meeting minutes, clippings, discussion papers and reports. The photograph collection contains images of patients, staff, volunteers and the various buildings in which the hospital has been situated. These images were digitized in 2009. There are also a small number of films as well as various pieces of artwork and artifacts including uniforms, trophies, china, silverware and medals

Fonds consists of files relating to Larry Zolf's activities as journalist and writer and to his career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The fonds includes personal and professional correspondence, drafts of television programs, magazine articles, dramatic works and reviews, notebooks, research files, diaries and financial records. It also includes draft manuscripts, research material, and correspondence related to his books "Dance of the dialectic," "Just watch me : remembering Pierre Trudeau," "Scorpions for sale," "Zolf," and "The Dialectical dancer," as well as for his online column, "Inside Zolf."

Umfang und Inhalt:
Der Nachlass bezieht sich in erster Linie auf die Untersuchungen parapsychischer Erscheinungen, die T.G. und Lillian Hamilton im Zeitraum zwischen 1918 und 1945 vornahmen. Thematisch geht es bei diesen Unterlagen um Klopfen, Hellsehen, Trance-Zustände und -Diagramme, Telekinese, Wachsabdrücke, Glockenzeichen, Nachschriften und Visionen, sowie um teleplasmische Manifestationen. Die Unterlagen weisen eine Vielzahl von Formaten auf: Einklebe-Alben, Teilnehmerlisten und Register von Séancen, Zeugenberichte, automatisches Schreiben, Korrespondenz, Reden und Vorträge, Zeitungsausschnitte, Zeitschriftenaufsätze, Bücher, Fotografien, fotografische Platten (Negative und Positive), Abzüge, Diapositive, Tonbänder, Manuskripte, Reklame im Zusammenhang mit grösseren Veröffentlichungen. Sämtliche fotografischen Abzüge, die auf den Negativ-Platten beruhen, sind bei den schriftlichen Berichten über die durch sie illustrierten Experimente belassen. Mit wenigen Ausnahmen wurden die Negativ-Platten zur Archivierung neu fotografiert und sind damit in der Form von schwarz-weiss Abzügen (glänzend) zugänglich. Eine Sammlung dazugehörender Bücher und Zeitschriften, die sich im Nachlass befanden, wurde als selbständige Bibliothek katalogisiert und zugänglich gemacht.