Accession consists of records relating to the personal and professional lives of Timothy Findley and William Whitehead. Although the majority of the records were created after Timothy Findley's death, a portion of the material, especially within the series Correspondence and Subject Files, is related to Timothy Findley's work. The accession contains textual records, photographs, prints, plaques and medals.
These records are arranged by the boxed order as presented at the time of donation. The creator kept his files in alphabetical order. The series found in this accession are: Correspondence and Subject Files, Financial Records, Literary Manuscripts - Other Writings, and Memorabilia and Printed Material. The Correspondence and Subject Files series contains correspondence organized by subject, including: Academic, Accountant, Agent Westwood, Archives: University of Calgary, Archives: University of Guelph, Archives: Library and Archives Canada, Archives: Miscellaneous, Biography, Bookstores, Calendars, Cancopy. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Can You See Me Yet?, Elizabeth Rex, Family, Fans, Friends (A-H), Friends (I-Z), Friends: Close, Harbourfront, HarperCollins, Invitations, Journals and Magazines, Performing Arts Lodge, Penguin, Pilgrim, Photographers and Artists, Protest, Publishers, Requests: Abroad, Requests: Access, Requests: Give, Lend, Requests: Information, Requests: Presence, Requests: Support, Requests: Write, Royalties, The Slotkin Letter, The Stillborn Lover, Stratford Festival and Chef School, Theatre, Travel, The Trials of Ezra Pound¸ University of Guelph and University of Western Ontario, The Wars, The Thornton Wilder Society, Writers, and Writer's Development Trust.
The Financial Records series contains both personal and corporate financial documents. The Literary Manuscripts - Other Writings series contains a copyedited manuscript of Journeyman written by Timothy Findley and William Whitehead. Memorabilia include plaques from the City of Stratford and the Bob Edwards Award, three Canadian Author Association awards for fiction, non-fiction and drama, a Chevalier de l'Ordre des arts et des lettres from France medal, and an Order of Canada medal.
Accession consists of 51 photographs (35 colour and 16 black and white) that have been removed from the textual records. These photographs are primarily images of Findley and Whitehead with friends and family in Canada