This series holds correspondence, drafts of speeches, articles and radio broadcasts, as well as scrapbooks and clippings relating to Harry W. Anderson's work in journalism. His political correspondence includes letters from political figures Sir Wilfred Laurier, William Lyon Mackenzie King, and Senator Charles Murphy, as well as, work related correspondence with Globe staff. Laurier's letters reveal details relating to his campaign strategy leading up to the 1917 election. Mackenzie King wrote to Anderson in 1926 regarding the King-Byng affair. Senator Murphy's correspondence with Anderson was mostly in 1929, in relation to the St. Lawrence Seaway project. Another interesting item is his "Certificate of Heartfelt Gratitude for Contributions to Toronto's Centennial Celebrations" that he received in 1934, which was signed by the mayor of Toronto, William J. Stewart.
The series also includes drafts of his articles on Dr. Henri Sévérin Beland, 1910; the Cook County Jail, 1912; and the Globe's 90th anniversary, 1934. There are scripts of two radio broadcasts from 1929; one is for the Globe Fund for Miners and the other for the Federation of Catholic Charities. The scripts are supplemented by speaking notes for a toast that Anderson gave at the Macaulay Club Golden Jubilee Banquet in Chatham, 1932; a speech he gave to former Students of Chatham Collegiate Institute; a speech he gave at the Newman Club; and a speech he gave to a gathering of Masons. There are additional unidentified and incomplete notes and drafts of various articles and speeches.
There are loose clippings and scrapbooks of many of Anderson's published articles from the years 1911 to 1936. Included in these are articles and political cartoons about Anderson, as editor of the Globe, and as Commissioner. There is a scrapbook containing articles that were written about him after his death; it shows the Canada-wide reaction to the loss of one of Canada's most prominent newspapermen.
