1) Texts of talks delivered by Lois Wishart at meetings of the Women's Study Guild. Topics include:
- Christmas carols
- The problem of farm surplusses
- Social security - bane or blessing
- Communications
- The problems of housing
- Crafts
- Libraries
- Women - yesterday and today
- The penal system
- World religions
- History of Belleville
2) Files on various topics discussed by the Guild:
1) Status of women in Canada, including 'Orders of the Minimum Wage Board regarding the Employment of Women in the Province of Ontario', 1929; 'The Rights of Women by Anne Francis, Behind the Headlines September 1950; 'Citizen's Forum, December 7th 1950, Equal Pay for Equal Work: Are Women Getting a Fair Deal?' published by the Canadian Association for Adult Education; circulars from the Canadian Committee on the Status of Women, 1954, 1956
2) Conservation, including clippings, 1950-1990
3) Notes on Lois Wishart's maternal grandmother, Louisa Mary Watson, born 1855 (written in 1967)
4) Notes for discussions on water, 1981-1989, including 1954 booklet on 'The St. Lawrence... River of Tomorrow' reprinted from February 1954 issue of Ontario Hydro News