The collection consists of material compiled by Elsie Allan concerning theatre in Victoria and other locations in B.C. and in England. The collection includes notebooks of annotated scripts, scripts of plays, announcements and notices of meetings of the Victoria Theatre Guild, programmes of amateur and professional performances in Victoria, New York, and England, and programmes of the British Columbia, Dominion, Kelowna, and Vancouver Island Drama Festivals.

The fonds consists of board records, employment records, education records, marketing records, administrative records, financial records, fundraising records, and production records of the theatre company.

The fonds consists of records documenting the administrative and operational activities of the Belfry Theatre including financial records, general files, show files, newsletters, programmes and pamphlets, graphic materials and sound cassettes.

The fonds consists of correspondence and minutes of the committee.

The fonds consists of records documenting the administrative and operational activities of the society including general business files, correspondence, financial records, personnel files, publicity, outreach and reviews, scripts, graphic records, audio and video tapes, and scrapbooks and posters.

The fonds consists of correspondence between Reference and U of T Press, 1971-81; correspondence between Reference and UVic Systems Development, 1976-81; and newspaper clippings and reviews.

The fonds consists of manuscripts of poetry, 1969-74; research files relating to Richard Aldington (including copies of Aldington correspondence), 1912-86; research files relating to James K. Baxter, a New Zealand poet, 1968-76; correspondence with publishers, 1964-79; UVic course notes, 1981-1988; files of the Committee on Alternatives for British Columbia, 1983-85; and files of the UVic End the Arms Race Committee, 1983-86.

The fonds consists of correspondence, and manuscripts submitted for publication.

The fonds consists primarily of drafts and research materials used to write his book "Frontier Theatre: A History of Nineteenth Century Theatrical Entertainment in the Canadian Far West and Alaska", published in 1982. Fonds includes musical scores and librettos, programs, photographs, scrapbook and four unpublished plays: "Murder Pattern," 1936; "Ascend as the Sun"; "Earth Song", by Herman Voaden; and "The Dragon", by Bertram Brooker.

The fonds consists of the following series: Logbooks, 1979-94; Minutes and agenda, 1979-98; Correspondence, 1975-97; Subject files, 1981-97; Synoptic journals, 1988-97; Month-end reports, 1995-97; Record of deposits, 1988-1996; Year-end reports, 1991-96; Day-end sheets, 1992-1996; 3 audiocassettes, including an interview with C.B.C. re: Canada Customs seizing two comic books; a display entitled, "In the beginning, 1975...", and the Everywoman's Book stained glass window sign.