Fonds documents Surtees' work as a Professor of History at Nipissing College/University. Fonds contains one series documenting Surtees' research for his book The Northern Connection: Ontario Northland Since 1902, a history of the Ontario Northland Railway/Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway. Other records in the fonds reflect Surtees' academic activities and research interests, including First Nations and northern Ontario history.