The fonds consists of personal correspondence (1930-1964); farm notebooks, livestock records and tax assessments; records of many agricultural livestock and other organizations in which he was involved; and articles, speeches, broadcasts, correspondence, circulars, election returns, etc., pertaining to Social Credit. Includes a minute book of the UGG, Clyde local (1920-1927), secretary-treasurer's files of the United Farmers of Canada, Alberta Section (1938-1944), and minutes, correspondence, reports, resolutions, etc. of the Alberta Farmers' Union (1943-1947).

The fonds consists of personal, political and family correspondence (1939-1964); teaching records and Sunday school lessons (1913-1935); and records from John's political career as MP (1935-1958) including office administration records, speeches, radio broadcasts, drafts of publications, letterbooks, and subject and constituency files. Includes other political material (1958-1964).

Fonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts of novels (The Acrobats;The apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz; Barney's version; A choice of enemies; Cocksure; The Incomparable Atuk; It's harder to be anybody; Jacob Two Two and the dinosaur/meets the hooded fang/spy case; Salomon Gursky was here; Son of a smaller hero; St. Urbain's horseman; Stick your neck out), short stories, articles, essays, reviews, screenplays, stage plays, and radio and television plays; published works; interviews; sound recordings and moving images; photographic prints, promotional materials and ephemera. Also includes Genie and Nellie awards and commemorative plaques.