Fonds consist of 27 series: Official Documents, Mementoes, School Reports, Academic Qualifications, Theses, Notebooks, Awards, List of Published Articles, Artwork, Immigration to Canada Documents, Family Histories, Insurance, Correspondence, Colin Mawson AECL Papers, Published Articles, Conference Papers, Reports, Reactor Safety Advisory Committee, Deep River, Colin Mawson Post-AECL, Elinor Mawson Journalist/Fiction Writer, Interests, Elinor Mawson's Books, Colin Mawson's Books, Home Guard Papers, Archibald Gowanlock and Mary Huntsman, Archibald Gowanlock Hunstman Estate Papers

This fonds contains administrative documents for the Charlotte County branch of the John Howard Society, as well as documents from meetings. Also included are pieces of correspondence with other branches and organizations, educational materials related to the society's mission, and materials for prisoners.