Fonds consists of personal papers of Charles Torville, including personal documents, correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, business and financial records, association files, and manuscripts relating to his activities as a businessman, mystic, songwriter, poet, and writer. Of particular interest are his letters from his sister Elsie Torville, in England (1906-08). His own writing is fractured and borders on incoherent.

Fonds consists of manuscripts, proofs, and photographs relating to seven books by Richard St. Barbe Baker: Caravan Story and Country Notebook (1919) ; Famous Trees (1952) ; Horse Sense: Horses in War and Peace (1962) ; Famous Trees of New Zealand (1965) ; Famous Trees of Bible Lands (1974) ; Sahara Conquest (1966) ; and Sahara Challenge (1954).