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 consists of 51 "The Harp of Acadia" radio show scripts, 36 poems, and letters between Andrew Merkel and various contributors.

Series consists of 6 letters Craven Langstroth Betts wrote to Andrew Merkel, and 3 carbon copies of Merkel's letters to Betts.

Series contains The Order of Good Cheer and various typescripts, a radio broadcast transcript, and a letter pertaining to it; draft ms. poetry, and typescript, mostly related to Port Royal.

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

Series contains mostly correspondence between Andrew Merkel and Charles G.D. Roberts.

Series contains correspondence between O'Brien and Merkel, discussing personal matters and the Song Sheet.

Series contains letters from members registering for the convention or declining, and news articles.

Collection consists of correspondence written by 56 Canadian authors, poets and journalists who were acquainted with Andrew Merkel, as well as publications and programmes from the literary societies in which Merkel was a central figure.

There are a roughly equal number of typewritten and manuscript letters. Letters from Merkel are predominantly typewritten, as his handwriting is poor, but other correspondents preferred manuscript or type.

The materials range in date from the early 1900s, when Merkel was a student at King's College, Windsor, N.S., to 1953. The final letters are sympathy notes to him on the death of his wife.

Subjects of the collection include visits by poets, meetings of the Song Fishermen, and the publication of their work. Correspondence between Merkel and other Canadian Press men are also present, along with drafts of articles and discussion of reporting and managerial styles.

The letters were written in locations across the western world, from Paris and London to New York, Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax. Some of the article drafts were written as Merkel flew over the Atlantic during the Second World War.

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.