Fonds contains records documenting the activities, organizations and associations in which Balcom was involved, including the Red Cap Snowshoe Club and the No. 7 Stationary Hospital. Record types include correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, memorabilia and parliamentary papers.
File contains job applications by L. A. Borsford, W. E. Cooper, Emile Coulon, Reuben C. Curry, Philip De Grassi, I. F. Gesner, William James Hickie, Henry Voule Hind, D. Honeyman, Michael C. Howe, John Howard Hunter, L. H. Irvan, John Johnson, John K. Johnston, James Liechti, William Lyall, Thomas McCulloch, Charles McDonald, I. I. Meyers, John G. Mulholland, Burnthorn Musgrave, James Patterson, John Pryor, C. D. Randall, James Ross, Edwin N. Sharp, James Sinclair, L. H. Swan, Walter Angus Watts, George Weir, Arthur Wickson, and James Woods.
Fonds contains off-prints of Lawson's papers (1854-1894), a handwritten catalogue of Lawson's library, handwritten botanical observations (1891), a published program of a course of botany lectures, published testimonials (1874), and an obituary (1895).
Fonds consists of handwritten and printed sermons and lectures and an open letter to the Chancellor of the University of Halifax (1877). It also includes a convocation address (1870) and the order of service for Macdonald's funeral (1901).
