Fonds contains records created by the Dalhousie University Faculty of Law and its faculty members.

The fonds includes correspondence, contract documents, district council documents, annual conference proceedings/documents, information about the conference on trade union rights in 1951-1952, press releases issued by the United Textile Workers of America, and miscellaneous reference material including, a sheet outlining the, "commonplace precaution against war" with a diagram about the potential damages of an atom bomb blast. The reference material contains blank due deduction slips for the United Textile Workers of America Local 152, newsletters issued by the Canadian Textile Council, a pamphlet issued by the Trade Union Research Bureau titled, "Wages and the Cost of Living", and amendments submitted by the "Local 100 United Textile Workers of America for negotiations with the Montreal Cottons Limited."

Files are listed alphabetically by title.

Fonds includes papers pertaining to an arbitration between the Civil Service Commission of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Government Employees Association. The papers include correspondence, research materials, research notes, and submissions to the arbitration board. Fonds also contains general files regarding the Canadian Association for Adult Education, Canadian Labour Congress, and the Institute of Public Affairs. These files contain correspondence from the Canadian Association for Adult Education to participating institutions about a 1977 survey of labour education programs in postsecondary institutions. Fonds also contains correspondence from the Canadian Labour Congress to Gregory Kealey, along with notes that Gregory Kealey wrote about the correspondence. These files also include reports issued by the Institute of Public Affairs titled, "Nova Scotia Joint Labour-Management Study Conference", and "Identification of Internal Development Factors in Nova Scotia: A Comparative Analysis". Fonds also includes reports issued by the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour on the Joint Labour-Management Study Committee, a report by Guy Henson titled, "The Nova Scotia Labour-Management Agreements," and a booklet of publications by the Institute of Public Affairs.

The fonds includes some correspondence and the minute book of the Halifax Jewellers Association, 1948-1951.

The La Have Outfitting Company fonds contains mainly financial records related to their business of outfitting and supplying vessels, as well as sales of fish, coal and salt between the years of 1905-1976. These records include invoices cash books, fish sales, journals, ledgers, vessel supply lists, accounts and lists of vessels that were insured by La Have Outfitting, as well as loans they had given out. The fonds also contains some general business correspondence, legal documents regarding insurance policies and shareholders information as well as documents relating to vessels, such as charter contracts, log books and register of vessels.

The fonds consists of correspondence, financial records, sales and shipping operations, and vessel papers which document the business's operation between 1943 and 1983. Also included in the fonds are the records of the Lunenburg branch plant of Booth Fisheries Canada Company, Lunenburg Outfitting Company's president Honourable William Duff and Wilfred E. Knickle. Types of records found in the fonds are correspondence, cash books, cheque registers, fish sales and shipment books.

The fonds consists of administrative files, community involvement details, contract records, correspondence, employee records, financial documents, job estimates and job files, legal documents, photographs, plans, printed material, notes on solar heating projects, sound recordings, and union/association documents, as well as a series with material from the Murphy and Wharton Company. This material spans over 100 years from 1858 to 1987, and illustrates how business was conducted (meetings, annual reports, accounting and financial statements) and the relationship with the community (both charitable and with other businesses). There are also very detailed accounts of the work done by the company, from initial quotes through to project planning, blueprints, product literature, and finishing. Together the items demonstrate the organizational structure, management, and operations of the Powers Brothers company. These items provide insight into business operations in Nova Scotia throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries.

The records reflect George Monk's work as a general merchant and include receipts/invoices from primarily Halifax-based wholesalers as well as three retail ledgers.

Ledger 1888-1893; Miscellaneous invoices and correspondence 1891-1893