The fonds consists of a journal or memorandum book compiled by Innes. It contains dates of death of her family members and other individuals, primarily Saint John residents; texts of sermons by clergy in Saint John including some for funerals; texts for prayers and Bible verses. There are 3 recipes for cures for such ailments as sore joints and rheumatism. Also included in the journal are dates and locations of fires in Saint John and Portland, and a few dates of storms and earthquakes or tremors. Dates of some marriages, mostly in Saint John and Portland, are also recorded in the journal.

This fonds consists of a scrapbook of greeting cards and art schools pamphlets created by Elizabeth Ann Ashfield Woodburn.

This collection consists of family and business records belonging to the Hilyards and related families. The business records of Thomas Hilyard and, after 1873, Hilyard Brothers include lumbering agreements, invoices, accounts, mortgages, deeds, shipbuilding agreements and a volume with shipping accounts, lists of vessels built and voyages made. There are also journals, day books and other accounting records of Thomas Hilyard and Hilyard Bros, a record of lumber sawn at Hilyard Bros., payroll and time books Material belonging to the Seeley family includes records about the ship "Australasian", bonds, agreements, deeds, invoices and receipts to Alexander McLachlan Seely from Saint John businesses, insurance documents, accounts and personal correspondence. There is also information about the Acadia College Endowment Fund and Leinster Street Baptist Church and an account book of Spring Dale Paper Mill, 1877.

There are also records relating to the Saint John harbour issue, 1885-1914, and documents about the ship "Magna Charta", 1865-1884. Invoices, accounts, workmen's accounts and other material belonging to the related McDonald and Roberts families are also included. There is an abstract book of surveyors' summaries of lumber transported by scow, 1897-1900, and a letter book of F.W. Holt (Saint John civil engineer), 1909-1913.

The fonds consists of day books, 1886-1920 and ledgers, 1881-1921

This item consists of the handwritten notes on printed forms used by the census taker for Hillsborough parish, Albert County, New Brunswick, in 1851. It records information under headings for dwelling, name, gender, relationship, age, race, rank or occupation, date of entry into colony, and sick or infirm individual. There are also some general notes on locations and uses of land for farming, lumbering, and coal mining. There are also notes of individuals' birthplaces outside the province. There are some notes of seamen being at sea in summer. The area is divided into districts identified as the mining district, on the Petitcodiac River, Central District and Cape Moiselle Creek settlement. The total number of inhabitants is recorded for each district.

The fonds consists of memorial cards of Lunt family members including those of Enoch Lunt, 1873, Isabella Lunt, 1899 and George Beacall, 1898.

Fonds consists of records generated by club activities and included Charter reports, minutes of meetings, correspondence, and clippings.

This fonds consists of five series:

• Series 1 : six scrapbooks, including mainly correspondence, bills, accounts and receipts of the Crane & Allison merchant and lumber business, and of the building of the Wesleyan Academy, Sackville, New Brunswick. The scrapbooks also include some Sackville Circuit records of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and Sackville School records. In addition, the fonds includes various correspondence regarding the establishment of the Wesleyan Academy and other business matters.
• Series 2 : 11 letters; 9 from Enoch Wood, 1 from William Temple, and a copy of one from C.F. Allison to the Honorable A. Campbell, Member of Legislative Council, Nova Scotia.
• Series 3 : Letter to C.F. Allison from Humphrey Pickard reporting on the progress of the Methodist Mission, 19 May 1846.
• Series 4 : Letter to Rev. William Temple, Cahirman of the New Brunswick (School) District, from C.F. Allison, proposing the establishment of the Wesleyan Academy, 1839.
• Series 5 : Letter to C.F. Allison from Cunard and Munn concerning the estate of William Crane and shipping business, 3 February 1854.

Contents of this fonds include four series:

• Ships, which contains accounts, bills, receipts, and other shipping documentation pertaining to ships built by the Palmer’s;
• Accounts, which contains financial records, accounts records of various family members, receipts, promissory notes, bonds, and letters;
• Legal documents, which contains deeds, articles of agreements, insurance policies and other legal documentation;
• Personal, which contains legal documentation, wills, essays, postcards, and correspondence of the Palmer family.

This fonds consists mainly of legal documents and correspondence pertaining to William M. Connell's career as a justice of the peace. Legal documents contain deeds, notice of mortgages, marriage bonds, court cases, and agreements. There are land grants owned by William M. Connell including information on the name of the county and parish, acreage, lot number, and date of registration. Correspondence includes contacts with business associates and family members.