The fonds is comprised of small press gardening publications and offprints collected by Maginnes, as well as videos on his subjects of interest. The largest segment of the fonds is Maginnes’ collection of 35mm slides, which feature lecture slides and images related to his greenhouse work, images of his sabbatical trips to Denmark, Sweden, and Japan, and personal family images.

This fonds contains materials relating to the professional activities of Grant Wood, including papers he has presented at conferences, and his work in the Canada Mongolia Training for Rural Development Project. Also included are some of his early teaching materials, and materials collected on subjects related to his field.

The material in this fonds documents the teaching and research career of Vipen Sawhney. The teaching material includes lecture notes, course outlines, teaching slides and examinations. The research material contains correspondence, notes, articles by Sawhney and others, slides, negatives, photographs and microscope glass slides.