Series contains letters Andrew Merkel wrote in hopes of securing recitals for Wilson MacDonald; related newspaper clippings, telegrams, receipts, leaflets, essays, draft manuscripts; and personal correspondence between Merkel and MacDonald.

Series includes correspondence between Charles Bruce and Andrew Merkel, beginning with Bruce's freshman year at Mount Allison University when Merkel encouraged him to write poetry, and continuing through to the end of World War II, during which Bruce was a war correspondent. Also includes some of Bruce's early work with the Canadian Press.