Series contains correspondence between Elsie Pomeroy and Merkel discussing their contemporaries and addressing business about poetry.

Series contains some pages from different Song Sheets, and other news relating to the Song Fishermen.

Series includes one copy of Parnassus and letter from J. Penman Rae to Andrew Merkel.

Series consists of poems that Smith sent to Andrew Merkel for public use.

Series consists of a letter from Laura Smith to Andrew Merkel requesting that two poems [ attached] be included in The Harpsichord.

Series includes letter Andrew Merkel wrote to Lavina; letter Merkel wrote to Bill Deacon; letters various
Harpsichord recipients wrote to Merkel; and poems by various authors for The Harpsichord.

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 contains correspondence, mostly between T. G. Roberts and Merkel, in which they discuss publishing weekly papers and magazines, including Song Sheets, and work in general.