The collection consists of a framed facsimile (or possible forgery) of The Absent-Minded Beggar, an 1899 poem by Rudyard Kipling. The poem was set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan as part of an appeal to raise money for the Boer War.

The collection consists of six vellum documents (manuscript pages from scrolls or books that have been scraped off and used again).

The collection consists of three spiral-bound subject files re Canadian naval operations in the 1950's, inlcuding the Korean War and Mediterranean operations.

The collection consists of two framed portraits of Walt Whitman donated by Charles E. Feinberg. 1) Print from original wood engraving by W.J. Linton, 1875. 9 X 13.5 cm. Framed. 2) Frontispiece portrait, 1860, printed from copper engraving. Painting by Charles Hine. 10 X 11 cm. Framed.

The collection consists of two medieval manuscript fragments, two incunabula, and a Herodian coin.

The collection consists of two World War II-era colour-stencilled Soviet military posters. 1) German soldiers before and after the siege on Stalingrad. Slogan translates as: "Quality and Quantity/Before these tried to take Moscow and Stalingrad/and/After they tried to take Stalingrad!", 83 X 143 cm. 2) German soldier being crushed beneath a Soviet tank. Slogan translates as: "Death to the German Finnish bandits", 96 X 162 cm

The collection consists of slides and negatives (6 slides, 18 negatives) of Voyages of James Cook.

The collection consists of a lithographed facsimile of a letter addressed to the Nurses and Probationers at St. Thomas' Hospital.

The collection consists of 28 b/w photographs.

The collection consists of a picture postcard of the lounge at Rest Haven Hospital and Sanitarium, Sidney B.C.