Collection consists primarily of event flyers, programmes and calendars published to promote various performing arts productions at UBC. Also included are companion guides for some theatre productions. Materials are arranged in three categories: Theatre Productions, Musical Productions, and Performing Arts – General. Within each category the materials are organized by department, organization, or production series.

Fonds consists of correspondence (internal and external), minutes, reports, course curricula, student-related records, published materials, and personnel records, dating from when the School was still organized as a department, and earlier. It is arranged in the following series: Early History (1946-60), School Affairs (1959-85), University Departments (1958-84), Scholars, Musicians, and Others (1959-84), Organizations (1959-84), Universities and Colleges (1969-82), and Publications (1970-2007).

The fonds consists of audio recordings of Weisgarber compositions or performances (1957-1999); musical scores, drafts and sketches (1941-1996); and research materials generated or accumulated by Weisgarber in the preparation of an unpublished biography of Aurelio Giorni, a manuscript entitled “Flute Music of Zen,” and an article "The Honkyoku of the Kinko-Ryu: Some Principles of its Organization" (1968). It also consists of family and personal records, including correspondence, fictitious and biographical writings and journals written by Elliot, Beth, and their family.