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The fonds contains material collected primarly by Stefan Janiček detailing the Brooke-Alverston, Ontario (Canada) Slovak community spanning a twenty-year period (1935-1955). The material was part of a genealogical project sponsored by the Canadian Slovak League Branch 20 Oil Spring. Peter Molčan joined the project at a later date. Included are photocopied press clippings and a Canadian Citizenship Certificate. The press clippings pertain to various members of the Slovak community from Brooke-Alverston region and gives an overview of the Slovak emigration experience from mid 1930s to 1950s.

The fonds also contains material from the Canadian Slovak League Branch 17 (Sarnia, Ontario). Peter Molčan was the President. Included is the Contributions Book for the Canadian Slovak League Branch 17, a Slovak flag signed by various delegates to a Slovak League Convention in 2016 and records related to membership dues, contributions to the parishes of St. Anthony in Chatham, Ontario and Our Lady of Sorrows in Sarnia, Ontario.

The fonds consists of documents related to Maureen Jessop Orton's Ph.D thesis (1988-1991) and research projects she worked on, particularly a long-running project on adolescent pregnancy and sexual health in Ontario (1979-1994), as well as a smaller project for the Sexual Health Network of Ontario (SHNO) on the Ontario government's downloading of public health services to municipalities (1999-2001). The fonds includes correspondence, data sheets, newspaper clippings, many research documents and some sex education materials. The collection has a significant amount of material tangentially related to the adolescent pregnancy project, such as documents relating to Orton serving as an expert witness at the Morgentaler trial and the Planned Parenthood of Newfoundland and Labrador libel trial, Orton's conference presentations, and documents related to lobbying efforts by the project members regarding sexual health policy in Ontario.

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Le fonds est constitué de documents relatifs à la thèse de doctorat de Maureen Jessop Orton (1988-1991) et aux projets de recherche sur lesquels elle a travaillé, en particulier un projet de longue durée sur la grossesse chez les adolescentes en Ontario (1979-1994) ainsi qu'un projet pour le Sexual Health Network of Ontario (SHNO) sur le transfert par le gouvernement de l'Ontario des services de santé publique aux municipalités. Le fonds comprend de la correspondance, des fiches de données, des coupures de presse, de nombreux documents de recherche et du matériel d'éducation sexuelle. La collection contient une quantité importante de documents indirectement liés au projet sur la grossesse chez les adolescentes, tels que des documents relatifs à la participation d'Orton en tant que témoin expert au procès Morgentaler et au procès en diffamation de Planned Parenthood of Newfoundland and Labrador, des présentations d'Orton lors de conférences et des documents relatifs aux efforts de pression des membres du projet en ce qui concerne la politique de santé sexuelle en Ontario.

The fonds consists of handwritten notes, drafts, holograph and typed manuscripts, galley proofs, printed texts and newspaper clippings of L’udovít Kandra’s extensive literary production of novels, short stories and articles.

A large portion of the fonds also gathers the correspondence exchanged between Mr. Kandra and his family, his friends, other Slovak emigrants and members of various political and lobbying groups. Another significant portion of the fonds consists of administrative papers, correspondence and publications related to the Svetový Kongres Slovákov (Slovak World Congress) and to Slovenská Národná Rada v Zahraničí (Slovak National Council Abroad) including the Demokratický Blok (Slovak Democratic Block Abroad). A smaller portion of the fonds consists of various pieces of information collected by Mr. Kandra on topics related to Slovak political and social history since World War II. Some personal papers, memorabilia and a few photographs constitute the remainder of the fonds.

The L’udovít Kandra fonds constitutes the most complete collection of primary, secondary and tertiary sources for the study of this prolific Slovak emigrant author’s literary production. It contains most of his works published under the pen name of Peter Klas, a major portion of his articles, conference papers and other works published under his real name, L’udovít Kandra, as well as numerous critical reviews of his work. The correspondence portion of the fonds constitutes a unique source of information on L’udovít Kandra’s personal, professional and social life. It also provides us with a most interesting insight into the lives of his fellow countrymen living abroad, with a particular emphasis on Slovaks living in Canada. The fonds offers researchers a significant collection of papers and documents related to two major international Organizations (SKS and SNRvZ) devoted to the recognition, maintenance and growth of Slovak tradition and culture among the Slovak diaspora.

A certain portion of documents contained in the fonds originate from the 1939-1945 period, but the bulk of the material dates from the time of Kandra’s arrival in Canada in 1949 to the time of his death in 1993. Most documents are in good condition.

This fonds consists of documents related the Canadian Slovak League (CSL) Branch 34 (Kitchener, Ontario (Canada))'s administration, meetings, 1999-2004 financial situation, the publication Kanadský Slovák, participation to events such as the CSL's 28th and 29th Convention, its Slovak Day celebration and the General Milán R. (Milán Rastislav) Štefánik Award, Agnes Belsovič and Michal Ondreško's involvement in the CSL Branch 34 (Kitchener, Ontario (Canada)).

It contains financial statement, reports including Annual return: OSFI Canadian fraternal society, schedules, agendas, two business cards, lists, forms, receipts, a speech, letters, printed emails, the Kanadský Slovák business and joint publication proposal, a bust of Milán R. (Milán Rastislav) Štefánik, Slovak Day's divine liturgy, an announcement, posters, budgets, constitutions, by-laws, proposed amendments, budgets, texts, newspaper clippings, notes, articles, an amended trial record, a comparative market resolution, an Ontario of Appeal's Notice of Intention to Dismiss for Delay, meetings' minutes and a statement of facts.

This fonds consists of documents relating to Karol Murín's correspondence with various Slovak organizations and intellectuals in exile as well as documents on a variety of subjects, including charges of antisemitism , Karol (Charles) Murín's career and the Slovak Republic's economy. It contains letters, a list of participants, leaflets, notes, a speech, resolutions, articles, a comparative analysis of the Slovak Republic's economy, newspaper clippings, meetings' minutes, agendas, number 1, September 1952 issue of Bulletin, an album with 37 b&w and colour photographs of the Murín's wedding and wedding vow renewal.

This fonds contains information related to sensitive historical events, particularly the Second World War. Some individuals mentioned or depicted in these archives may have been involved, directly or indirectly, in war and collaboration with authoritarian regimes.