The collection contains documents of the (French) Ministry of Water and Forest, principally pertaining to Albert François de Stappens, King's Councillor and Minister of Waters and Forests. In addition to the official documents on land disputes, surveying, road work and forestry, there are household accounts of Madame de Stappens for wine, dresses, jewellery, furniture, hats and meat. Also included are documents of the various estates, including the Seigneuries of Corbinaut and Herlies (Beaufremez family), the Marquisat of Roubaix (d'Essart family), as well as a 14th century document of the d'Ays family. Subjects are leases, sales of land, conditions of vassals and tenant farmers, estate expenses, land disputes and appointment of bailiffs.

Papers relating to the publication of the book of Clements Kadalie, trade union leader and General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), entitled "My life and the I.C.U.".

The Book was intended to be published under the editorship of E. Roux. It was eventually published in 1970 by Cass, London, and edited by Stanley Trapido.

Minute-books, correspondence, memoranda, plans, petitions for faculties and properties, parish registers of confirmations, baptisms, marriages and burials for Johannesburg and other Transvaal towns. Subjects are the administration of the diocese through its boards and committees, with particular reference to finance, properties, parish boundaries, missionary conferences and St. Mary's Cathedral.

Diocese Mission to Muslims.

The collection consists of baptism, confirmation, marriage and burial registers of St. Peter's and St. Saviour's Cathedrals which were united in 1976 under the name of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Nativity service registers 1914-1919.

Trade Union related material.