Files consist of material for Manning's trip to Asia-Pacific in 1996 as a member of parliament and to Asia in 1998 as the leader of the Official Opposition including: 010.01 Asia-Pacific itinerary and briefing notes, Preston Manning, M.P.; 010.02 Official Opposition Asia tour briefing notes, July 20 to August 13, 1998; 010.03 Asia tour 1998; 010.04 Asia tour background 1998.

Files consist of material relating to the House of Commons health committee on assisted human reproduction including: 011.05 Assisted human reproduction, PM member of House of Commons health committee; 011.06 Assisted Human Reproduction Health Committee, House of Commons.

Files consist of audiocassettes containing radio spots and addresses by Preston Manning as well as by his father, Ernest Manning, including: 015.05 Ernest and Preston Manning; 015.06 Canada Commentary series; 015.07 Preston Manning addresses.

File consists of source materials for "Think Big" including correspondence, memos, speeches, the Reform Party's draft Code of Conduct (1990), Reform publicity, notes on federal political events (1997-2001), Manning's various political membership and business cards, and other related records. Also includes notes on the comparison between the original draft text of "Think Big" and the published text.

The objective of the organization was to lay the foundations of a new political venture in the federal political arena.

File consists of correspondence with Frank Dabbs, a journalist and author, about his work on the book, a draft outline of the book, and Dabbs' draft chapter one of the book, entitled "The Premier's Kid".

Files consist of source materials for Chapter 10, handwritten notes, email correspondence, and two draft Chapter 10, "There's No Place Like Home", with annotations including: 006.05 Chapter 10 : miscellaneous background; 006.06 Chapter 10 : draft with Sandra Manning's corrections; 006.07 Chapter 10 : draft with suggested corrections by the children.

Files consist of source materials for Chapter 11 and regarding the first United Alternative convention, handwritten and typewritten notes, a Think Big United Alternative promotional button, an outline of Chapter 11, and e-mail correspondence including: 007.01 Chapter 11 - Think big : roots of the United Alternative/Canadian Alliance idea; 007.02 Chapter 11 - Think big : Reform assembly, May 1998; 007.03 Chapter 11 - Think big : personal efforts of EPM to build the United Alternative; 007.04 Chapter 11 - Think big : relations with Joe Clark, 1998-1999; 007.05 Chapter 11 - Think big : general preparation for UA1; 007.06 Chapter 11 - Think big : first United Alternative convention, 18-20 Feb 1999; 007.07 Chapter 11 - Think big : speeches to UA1; 007.08 Chapter 11 - Think big : 1st Reform referendum on United Alternative 10 June 1999; 007.09 Chapter 11 - Think big : building toward UA2, general; 008.01 Chapter 11 - Think big : personal efforts of EPM to build UA2; 008.02 Chapter 11 - Think big : 2nd United Alternative convention, 28-29 Jan 2000; 008.03 Chapter 11 - Think big : think big speech, 29 Jan 2000; 008.04 Chapter 11 - Think big : 2nd Reform referendum in United Alternative/Canadian Alliance, 26 Mar 2000; 008.05 Organization of chapter 11 : miscellaneous notes.

Files consist of source materials for Chapter 12 and handwritten notes including: 008.06 Chapter 12 - PM4PM : strategy notes and meetings; 008.07 Chapter 12 - PM4PM : PM4PM campaign materials; 009.01 Chapter 12 - PM4PM : leadership campaign speeches/debates; 009.02 Chapter 12 - PM4PM : sample PM4PM campaign correspondence; 009.03 Chapter 12 - PM4PM : campaign results; 009.04 Chapter 12 - PM4PM : sample thank you/condolence letters; 009.05 Chapter 12 - PM4PM : background notes.

Files consist of source materials for Chapter 13 such as "get well" cards as well as handwritten notes including: 009.06 Chapter 13 - Opportunity lost : party preparation for 2000 elections; 009.07 Chapter 13 - Opportunity lost : Quickscan summary 21 Oct 2000 to 28 Nov 2000; 010.01 Chapter 13 - Opportunity lost : Globe and Mail coverage of 2000 elections; 010.02 Chapter 13 - Opportunity lost : EPM's campaigning in 2000 election; 010.03 Chapter 13 - Opportunity lost : post election assessments; 010.04 Chapter 13 - Opportunity lost : campaign that might have been; 010.05 Chapter 13 - Opportunity lost : prostate cancer incident.