Series consists of mostly letters between Eric F. Gaskell and Andrew Merkel discussing the addition of a library in the Haliburton House.

Series includes miscellaneous typescripts relating to Nova Scotia by Andrew Merkel and others.

Series consists of two copies of a broadcast typescript from a series of broadcast talks designed to familiarize listeners with "Historic Halifax" and revive days and events that made Nova Scotia Canada's most storied province.

Series consists of an invitation from the Committee for Rebuilding the Habitation of Port Royal, National Parks Bureau, to Andrew Merkel to become an Associate of Port Royal; includes history of Port Royal.