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The Ethiopian Manuscripts Collection contains four codices (bound manuscripts) written in Ge'ez, the traditional liturgical language of the the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Text manuscripts include Psalters, Biblical Canticles, the Song of Songs, Ethiopian Orthodox works known as The Praises of Mary and The Gate of Light, and The Bandlet of Righteousness. The collection also consists of carrying cases associated with holding related religious texts, such as the Ethiopian Kitabe leather amulets.

The fonds consists of both professional and personal documents relating to Mr. Smith’s career, and includes position papers, correspondence, briefing papers, news clippings, books, articles, and photographs.
Series within the fonds are:

1. Internal Briefing Materials. -- [n.d.]
2. British Columbia's Position on the Constitution. -- 1968-1991
3. Positions of Other Governments on the Constitution. -- 1973-1983
4. Native Affairs. -- 1850-1875; 1969; 1975-1996
5. Other Policy Matters and Events. -- 1983-1994
6. Daily Correspondence. -- 1977-1996; 2000
7. Invitations. -- 1968-1989
8. Name Tags. -- 1968-1989
9. Newspaper Clippings. -- 1867; 1968; 1976; 1979-1982; 1997-2000
10. Government Publications. -- 1967-2000
11. Briefing Binders. -- 1969-1971, 1976-1987
12. Adoption Act. -- 1968-1992
13. Consultation Services for the Reform Party of Canada. -- 1938-1997
14. Trinity Western University. -- 1985, 1988-2003, 2007-2008, 2013

The fonds consists of correspondence, speeches, articles, notes, minutes, photographs, scrapbooks and other records relating to Thompson's personal life, his involvement with various organizations, his military career and work in Ethiopia, his political career as MP and national leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada, and his work as an educator.

Note that in addition to these textual records, the RNT Fonds is also comprised of the following:

1. A large number of artifacts, many of which are on display in the RNT building on the TWU campus
2. Audio and video cassettes, filed in the database with Coll. 02, the A/V collection; also physically filed with other A/V materials
3. Scrapbooks containing news clippings and personal memorabilia sorted in chronological order (from 1960 to 1996)
4. Scrapbooks containing political cartoons clipped from newspapers, sorted in chronological order (1963-1996)
5. Photographs

The fonds consists of professional documents relating to Lyle Wicks' political career and includes correspondence, reports, minutes, news releases, news clippings, campaign materials, government documents, and photographs.
These materials are sorted into two series:
Series 01: Social Credit Materials
Series 02: British Columbia Utilities Commission
The fonds also includes a collection of reports on the Workmen's Compensation Board and Act (1942; 1950; 1952; 1958; 1966)
In 2005/2006 two additional series were created:
Series 03: Reports of the Workmen's Compensation Board
Series 04: Photographs

Fonds consists of four series: governance, administration, conferences, and publications. The fonds consists mainly of correspondence related to the general activities of the CSCH. The fonds also consists of minutes of annual and executive meetings, financial reports, copies of the society's constitution, membership lists, conference planning, paper abstracts, and copies of the annual journal.

The fonds consists of articles written for the OttawaWatch publication. These articles were not published, and are described as the “faith-political interface” as observed during Lloyd Mackey years working in the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery. The articles reflect the concept of biblical resolution, management, and studies in the areas of collaborative governance through Lloyd’s reporting on the activities of faith-based organizations. In addition, there is a series that contain unpublished manuscripts and personal writing.