Series consists of transcripts, forms, tax returns, correspondence, calendars, degrees, certificates, and a sketchbook about Verner's educational and employment background, financial affairs, and personal interests.

Series consists of correspondence and manuscripts pertaining to Verner's published and unpublished works in the area of historical map description. Verner was renowned in the map world for his scholarship in this area. Series also includes a collection of over 400 published maps and a considerable amount of research material, mainly in the form of index cards containing bibliographic descriptions. Appendices contained in the paper copy of this description and file list (located at UBC Archives) provide a listing of other materials he collected in the pursuit of this interest: title pages from atlases, facsimiles, photostats of maps, and miscellaneous cased items.

Series consists of calendars, course notes and evaluations, workshop notes and programs, bound off-prints of articles written or edited by Verner alone or in collaboration with others, and a survey about Verner's professorship in adult education at UBC. In addition, the series includes materials about rural sociology, a field of study in which Verner was also knowledgeable.