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Item is the December, 1966 issue of Xavier College newspaper the Excalibur

Item is a guest register for Rose Tompkins's farm house and cabins located in Margaree for the years 1957 - 1965.

Item is a photocopy of a newspaper clipping of Viola Desmond's obituary from an unidentified newspaper.

Item is a invitation for the 1964 Closing Exercises for Xavier Junior College which took place on May 17, 1964

Invitation and Program for the 1961 Closing Exercises for Xavier Junior College which took place on May 21, 1961

Item is the Vol.2 No. 4 October January 16, 1961 issue of Xavier Junior College school newspaper the Excalibur

Item is a letter about extra-curricular literary activities at Xavier Junior College, included activities in the letter are the College Newspaper the Junior Bi-Weekly and the College Yearbook.

Item is a program for the official opening of Xavier Junior College Arts Building which took place on September 19, 1960

Item is a issue of the Xavier Junior College school newspaper

Item is the October 15, 1959 issue of Xavier Junior College school newspaper the Excalibur

Item is a typewritten history of the 2nd Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders (i.e. Cape Breton Highlanders), including a note on their original organization, short histories of the Battalion during the First World War and Second World War, a brief timeline, and a description of the crest.

Item is a program for the 1953 closing exercises of Xavier Junior College which took place on May 17, 1953

A congratulatory telegraph sent to Xavier Junior College from the St. Joseph's Homeschooling Associations for the official opening of Xavier Junior College on January 16, 1952

File consists of one newspaper clipping of an article titled “The Children of the Forest” written by Msgr. MacPherson in 1952.

Item is a copy of a typewritten letter from John A. Y. MacDonald, Deputy Attorney General of Nova Scotia, to Viola Desmond in response to a previous letter about her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre.

Item is a booklet explaining to veterans of World War Ii how to wear the medals they were awarded on their civilian clothes or military uniforms (if they were still serving in any branch of the armed forces).

Item is a copy of a typewritten letter from Viola Desmond to John A.Y. MacDonald, Deputy Attorney General of Nova Scotia, asking his department to investigate her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and to confirm her claims that her human rights were violated.

Item is a typewritten copy of a letter from Viola Desmond to the federal Minister of Justice in Ottawa, Ontario explaining her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and asking them to grant her a pardon, or, in her words, "vindicate [her] in the eyes of Society."

Item is a letter from Viola Desmond to M.F. Gallagher, Director of Remission Service at the Department of Justice, in response to his letter on September 23, 1949. She declares that she did not wish for the Department of Justice to give her clemency, only to either uphold or discredit her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.

Item is a copy of a typewritten letter from Viola Desmond to the Attorney General of Nova Scotia regarding her arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and her legal case.

Item is a copy of a typewritten letter from M.F. Gallagher, Director of Remission Service at the Department of Justice, in response to a letter from Viola Desmond regarding her 1946 arrest at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. He refers her to the Attorney General of Nova Scotia.

Item is an announcement for the Desmond Studio of Beauty Culture graduation exercises to take place on June 4, 1947. The announcement includes a photograph of the graduates and a class list of the school's junior and senior classes.

Item includes a photocopy of Viola Desmond's 1940 diploma from The Apex College of Beauty Culture and Hairdressing and a photocopy of Helen Flint's (née Helen Davis) 1947 diploma from the Desmond Beauty Studio.

Item is a handwritten history of the Cape Breton Highlanders written in a Department of National Defense notebook. Also included are two typewritten copies of the history, as well as two photocopies of the typewritten versions, some with annotations or added notes.

Item is one typewritten list of Cape Breton Highlanders including names, regimental numbers, companies, and ranks developed during World War 2 (WW2).