Fonds consists of materials relating to the professional and private life of John Panabaker. Includes diaries spanning over fifty years, artwork and doodles, speeches, genealogical information, as well as materials created and accumulated while he was a student and during the course of his professional career.

Contains material relating to a proposed women's college. Includes meeting notes, women's college proposal, material for a talk given by Anne Dagg at McMaster University for a Women's Issue Group, and speaking notes for the talk.