The fonds contains a letter (29 December 1904) from Benjamin Rogers to his son Heber in which he talks mainly about about the federal (November 3) and provincial (December 7) election campaigns of 1904, and two letters from Reginal Heber Rogers to his son Benjamin in 1935. The latter discuss world affairs including the League of Nations, the provincial government of Walter M. Lea, the combining of the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council into one body, and provincial legislation regarding appeals to the Privy Council. Letters also touch briefly on family affairs.

The fonds consists of a mixture of the personal and public papers of the late Premier, Walter R. Shaw. Original order as evidenced by file folder titles was maintained; where papers were loose or otherwise unidentifiable as to source, an attempt has been made to fit them into the existing arrangement or to create new titles. The following nine series, arranged chronologically by W.R. Shaw's personal and public activities and by media have emerged: personal papers; civil service career; Premier's papers, Leader of the Opposition files; Legislative Assembly records; desk diaries; Sound recordings; photographic materials; and scrapbooks.