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The fonds consists of three files of documents relating to the public life of Samuel D. Cohen. The first file contains certificates. The second file contains the records of a contract arbitration between handbag manufacturers and the pocketbook workers' union, for which Cohen acted as arbitrator. The third file is a scrapbook containing primarily news clippings mentioning Cohen.

The fonds contains records which attest to Samuel Jacobson's involvement in the fields of sustainable energy, demography, and the global economy with an emphasis on profit sharing as an economic solution. A vast amount of correspondence between Jacobson and government and corporate leaders reflect these endeavors; a number of pamphlets, articles, and conference notes further demonstrate Jacobson's involvement.

The fonds contains materials pertaining to Samuel Lapitsky's life, with an emphasis on his relationship to the Jewish Public Library. This includes records surrounding a dinner honouring Lapitsky at the Jewish Public Library in 1955, in the form of newspaper announcements, telegrams, photographs, dedications, and programs. Likewise, photographs of and programs for the Samuel Lapitsky Collection exhibition of paintings at the Jewish Public Library in 1956 are contained in the fonds. A number of other certificates and dedications acknowledging Lapitsky's support can be found in the fonds, as well as information pertaining to the Samuel Lapitsky Scholarship at McGill University.

Some personal records, including portraits of Samuel Lapitsky, family members, and classmates, as well as Lapitsky's and his wife Rose's passports and registration, can be found in the fonds. Finally, a series of photographs (and copies of photographs) from Itzik Feffer and Solomon Mikhoels' visit to North America with the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee are also included.

These seven records document Sara and Abram Barac's transition from Germany to Canada after the Second World War. The documents and issuing authorities included are as follows:

1. Two Certificates of Identity for the Purpose of Immigration [to Canada] issued by The International Refugee Organization (U.S. Zone of Germany)
2. One Provisional Marriage Certificate and two Birth Certificates issued by the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the American Occupation Zone in Germany
3. A Certificate for Professional Qualification [as an electrician] issued by the International Refugee Organization (I.R.O) Displaced Persons Professional Testing Board
4. One Certificate from the Jewish religious congregation of Bytom, Poland, attesting to the identity of Abram Barac and his role in the congregation as the head of the ritual bath

Fonds consists of recital programmes, correspondence, audio recordings, printing blocks, and photographs.

The fonds contains a single item, Report on Prospects for Jewish Colonization in Newfoundland from 1938, which contains a literature review of Newfoundland's religion, agriculture, social life, and "mineralogy" conducted in order to consider the province as a space for Jewish settlement.

Sheet music and sheet music books belonging to Dorothy Sylvia (née Segal) Raichmann. Education certifications and documentation of John Raichmann, focused on his teaching qualifications and experiences as a teacher in various locations, Saskatchewan mainly from 1921 to 1931. Also includes certification of taking courses in Ottawa. Notes and newspaper clippings dealing with the history of Jews in both Saskatchewan and Ottawa. Military documentation of John Raichmann.

1- Unidentified man and woman smiling at the camera. 2- Edgar and Marc with 2 unidentified children. 3- Edgar. 4- Rose and Caesar with Edgar. 5- Mama and Edgar smiling at the camera. 6- Mama and Marc smiling at the camera. 7- Michael, Gertrude, Rebecca, Rose, Mama, Caesar, Marc, Jeannette and Leo.

Consists of one folder of correspondence and ephmera.

The fonds contains a number of revised and edited drafts of many of Nelson's poetry compilations, including Family Scandals (1991), Grasping Men's Metaphors (1993), and The Work of Our Hands (1998). The records demonstrate the processes by which Nelson revised her own drafts, shared her revisions with friends and colleagues, and played with formatting and layout.

The fonds also contains some correspondence Nelson exchanged with previous archivists at the Jewish Public Library Archives, programs for addresses given by Nelson and speech notes, and several essays by and about Nelson.