This collection is diverse. Most of the material relates to the counties of York and Sunbury, but a wide variety of topics relating generally to New Brunswick are also included. There are 88 manuscript series.

MS1 York-Sunbury Historical Society records;
MS2 Transcripts of addresses delivered to the York Sunbury Historical Society;
MS3 Lillian Maxwell genealogical correspondence;
MS4 Lillian Maxwell historical research papers;
MS5 Burpee family papers;
MS6 Richard Bellamy papers;
MS7 W.H. Street and J.A.S. Street records;
MS8 Stephen Glasier papers
MS9 Charles N. Skinner records;
MS 10 Babbitt family papers;
MS11 Dr. Benjamin Coburn papers;
MS12 Benjamin Atherton records;
MS13 Fowler Boer War (South African War) collection;
MS14 Jonathan Odell papers;
MS15 G. Harold Markham military collection;
MS16 Wolhaupter family collection;
MS17 Whelpley collection;
MS18 Miscellaneous correspondence;
MS19 Clippings;
MS20 Genealogical charts and family history papers;
MS21 Speeches and addresses;
MS22 Historical essays and research notes;
MS23 Diaries and notebooks;
MS24 Leases;
MS25 Deeds;
MS26 Crown lands;
MS27 Mortgages;
MS28 Indentures of sale;
MS29 General land papers;
MS30 Lawyers papers;
MS31 Sheriffs' papers;
MS32 Powers of attorney;
MS33 Vital statistics;
MS34 Apprenticeship papers;
MS35 Probate papers;
MS36 Legal investigation papers;
MS37 Insurance policies;
MS38 Hazen, White and Company records;
MS39 Star Line Steamship Company records;
MS40 Ships' papers;
MS41 Business records;
MS42 Bills, cheques, invoices and receipts;
MS43 Maps and plans;
MS44 Photographs and pictures;
MS45 Meteorological registers of Fredericton;
MS46 Research notes on historic buildings;
MS47 Hymns, music, poetry and prose;
MS48 Programmes and invitations;
MS49 Printed matter;
MS50 Military commissions and certificates;
MS51 Warrants;
MS52 Civil commissions;
MS53 Social and athletic club papers;
MS54 Education papers;
MS55 Fredericton papers;
MS56 Indian papers;
MS57 Cemetery papers;
MS58 Military papers;
MS59 Theodore Porter papers;
MS60 Government records;
MS61 Records of the Fredericton Society of St. Andrew;
MS62 Kingston family records;
MS63 George Gilman papers;
MS64 Montgomery-Campbell family papers;
MS65 H.F.G. Woodbridge papers;
MS66 Jack Johnston collection;
MS67 Charles W. Darcus papers;
MS68 Charlotte C. Saunders collection;
MS69 G. Alvah Good Collection;
MS70 Oromocto Pioneer Days;
MS71 Peter Young McLaggan papers;
MS72 George R. Spencer papers;
MS73 Styron family collection;
MS74 Robert Borden Forbes papers;
MS75 Ashburnham family ;
MS76 Food and health papers;
MS77 Tape recordings;
MS78 Jessie B. Segee papers;
MS79 Patents;
MS80 William G. Quinn collection
MS81 Hon. Thomas Temple papers;
MS82 John Hill collection;
MS83 Anne McKeen collection;
MS84 George Taylor papers;
MS85 Lieutenant- Governor George Stracey Smyth;
MS86 Brigadier the Honourable Milton F. Gregg;
MS87 François La Roche correspondence;
MS88 Newspapers, magazines and periodicals inventory

These two letters by Edward Winslow discuss a royal coat of arms, formerly in the Council Chamber in Boston, and removed, probably by Edward Winslow, at the time of the evacuation in 1776. Winslow authorizes Ward Chipman to give it to any worthy public room in Saint John. In 2003 the coat of arms hangs in Trinity Church, Saint John. The letters also discuss the politics of the new city of Saint John and the relative merits of Gabriel Ludlow and Elias Hardy as candidates for mayor.

This collection consists of Botsford family records donated by 4 different donors. Records relating to Amos Botsford include accounts payable, land records and records of annuities belonging to Deborah Murray. A list of the Loyalist settlement in the Annapolis/Digby area, Nova Scotia includes equipment and tools received from Amos Botsford and names of families. There are also complaints about Amos Botsford's handling of Loyalist claims.

Records relating to William Botsford include his receipt book, 1801-1829, for legal services rendered and testimonials and recommendations written for individuals including one for immigration purposes. There is also a copy of a warrant re William Botsford's salary as assistant judge. Documents pertaining to the Supreme Court case of Robert Crookshank and William Walker v. J. White, George Nowlan, and George Ketchum probably also belonged to William.

There are certificates and other personal papers belonging to Garrad Clopper, Harry G. Botsford of Boston, LeBaron Botsford and Sarah Cyper. Family and business correspondence, 1782-1913. Deeds for Botsford family property from 1797 to 1837 are also included.

There are also ephemeral items including Valentine's Day and other cards, and a printed poem by Maud Botsford entitled, "Our Boys," probably from the First World War. The apprenticeship indenture of Frederick Turner as a clerk and writer to Henry George Clopper of Wakefield, York, Co. N.B. is dated 1827.

There are family and legal papers relating to the Clopper, Murray and Ralph Cook estates. A plan of the Clopper farm in Fredericton is also included.

The collection consists of interviews with and biographies of Airdrie pioneers, completed questionnaires about schools and churches, newsclippings and articles, Westminister S.D. records (1908-1927), Airdrie United Church records (1917-1948), and miscellaneous photographs, programs, poems, notes, etc. INTERVIEWS WITH/BIOGRAPHIES OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE IN THIS COLLECTION. SEE INVENTORY FOR DETAILS: Archie Aitken, Emily Blankley Aitken, Neil Beaton, Rev. A.T. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Black, Bill Brandon, Bert Clayton, Mrs. E.M. Clayton, Nina Cole, Dr. Collicutt, Willian Croxford, Joe Davy, Edith Duncan, Mr. Evans, William Evans, Tom Farr, Fred Fletcher, Mrs. John Fletcher, Sara Fletcher, Lillian Graham, Lloyd Koffsky, Daniel MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Northcott, Clem Perry, Thomas Pole, Ada Ryan, and Adam Watson.

The collection consists of biographical information about members of the NWMP, a booklet about RCMP history, and photographs of Harry H. Nash. Biographies are available for Peter Aylen, Fred Bagley, Peter Bertles, Leversedge Brandon, G.H. Bray, Sgt. Major Diamond, Orrin Evans, Richard Field, Archibald Hare, John Herron, William Leonard Higgitt, Arthur Murray Jarvis, Frederick S. Jarvis, William D. Jarvis, William P. Jarvis, John Johnson, W.R. Johnston, George Clift King, Andrew MacDonald, James Farquharson Macleod, James Brown Moore, William Parker, Roger Pocock, Frederick Pope, Frederick Richard Rudd, Hert Edwin Rudd, Dusty Shaver, Reginald P. Sutherland, J. Thom, James Walker, Alfred Wilson, and Richard Charles Wyld.

The collection consists of research notes and manuscript for the book, Macleod : A Canadian Hero.

The collection consists of photograph of Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP) barracks at Grassy Lake.

The fonds consists of a brief history of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Alberta; the origins of the Athabasca Detachment; 1901 report of Superintendent Constantine; 1915 report of Superintendent Albert Edward Crosby McDonell; biographies of Deputy Commissioner George Leslie Jennings, ex-Inspector Kristjan Fjeldsted Anderson, and ex-Superintendent Arthur Howard Llewellyn Mellor; 1961 booklet "A National Police Service" and 1962 copy of "The Police Act". Other officers mentioned include: Sgt. S. Hetherington and Sup't Gilbert E. Sanders.

The collection consists of: W.W.II Greeting Cards-German (10) (1939-1946); "POW Wow" magazines (9) ([ca. 1944-1945]); handwritten German text "Gewidmet vom Prasidium des Deutsch en Roten Dreuzls" (2) (1944-1946); article "General Attitudes of Prisoners" (1 pg) (1945); information re: German Red Cross Book Parcels (1 pg) (undated); R.C.M.P. Intelligence Report on the murder of POW August Plascek (1 pg) (1945); R.C.M.P. Intelligence Report-Murder of POW Karl Lehmann (1945); Dept. of National Defence Report re: Interrogation of Joseph Willecke (1944); R.C.M.P. Exhibit Report-Murder of Karl Lehmann (1946); Intelligence Report-Modus Operandi Report-Suspects Lehmann murder (1944-1946); Brief-Karl Lehmann murder (ca. 1946); Preliminary Hearing Report-Heinrich Busch, Willy Mueller, Walter Wolf (1946); Internment Camp Pass (1945); document re: Movement of POW's to Camp #132 (ca. 1945); Registers of POW's (3) (ca. 1945); movement orders (1944); POW camps-Canada (undated); Record of Deceased POW's-Camp #132 (1980); Record of Medical Doctors-Camp #132 (undated); Record of Murder Charges-Camp #132 (undated); Proclamation-German Surrender (1945); Transcript of Audiotape Cassette Interview with Alfons Maier (undated); "Der Stachel"-German newletters (7 pgs) (1944); Military Policy re: POW's (2 pgs) (undated); images of POW's in Medicine Hat; 2 audio cassettes consisting of interviews with POW Heinz Gleich and an unknown POW (undated).

The collection consists of recorded interviews with Elsie Murdoch, the daughter of North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) Inspector E.J. Camies of Fort Macleod, which includes discussions of the Jerry Potts family; and with Ruby Cutting, the wife of Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP) member Percy Cutting, posted at Bear Lake and Battle Creek from 1913 to 1924.