The Papers comprise personal documents, correspondence and press clippings as well as material on political, social, economic and religious issues in South Africa from the 1960 up to 2007. There are documents on gun control in South Africa, the death penalty, human rights, peace and non-violence, communities projects, womens and youth programmes, local government elections and the role of the South African Church during the apartheid era.

The papers illustrate Sheena Duncans important contribution in church and social matters. She donated this collection to Historical Papers in 2006.