The fonds consists of one book of shares # 1 - 101 in the Examiner Publishing Company from June 1880 to May 1920. Information is also included concerning cancellations and transfers.

The fonds consists of various records and photographs pertaining to the Guardian newspaper enterprise and its employees and some personal records of its editor and manager, James Robertson Burnett. The former include financial records, minutes, shareholder information, correspondence, and historical and legal documentation. Personal papers include Burnett's 1936 diary and will, some correspondence and a considerable amount of biographical and autobiographical information. The fonds has been divided into the following six series:

Series 1: Financial statements
Series 2: Minutes
Series 3: Historical documentation
Series 4: Correspondence
Series 5: Personal papers of J. R. Burnett
Series 6: Photographs

The fonds consists of a Guardian Publishing Company's indexed accounts ledger. Detailed accounts include advertising, wages (including editors and managers), expenses, job printing, subscriptions, liabilities, assets, and profit and loss sections.

This collection consists of the 20 July 1876 issue of the "King's County advertiser".

The collection consists of six issues of the "Presbyterian and evangelical protestant union" published in September, 1875 and in February and April, 1880.