The fonds consists of manuscripts, research files, and printed material relating to Knight's activities as a student and university professor in the field of anthropology, as well as his writing as a Canadian historian. Included are: correspondence with and applications to publishers and universities; a typescript copy of Knight’s memoirs and manuscript copies of "A Very Ordinary Life" (1974), "Indians at Work" (1978), “Along the No. 20 Line” (1980), “Homer Stevens” (1992), Not a Philosophical Atheism” (2012), and "Nativism and Americanism" (2013), among Knight’s other publications; research data and bibliographies gathered as part of Knight’s research and writing; book reviews of Knight’s works, as well as Knight’s reviews of others’ publications; transcripts and sound recordings of Knight’s interviews with Bob Chestnut, Harvey Murphy, and John Smith; and photographs used in Knight’s “Along the No. 20 Line” (1980).

The fonds reflects Bernard and Jean Webber’s functions as leading members of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, teachers and education administrators, and advocates for local arts, history and Indigenous cultural regeneration. The fonds is comprised of 4 series; Political Papers series, Correspondence and Biographies series, Education and Employment Records series, and Community Activities series. Materials related to Indigenous arts, education and reconciliation are found throughout the fonds. Correspondence is its own series and is also found throughout, including copies of outgoing business correspondence.

Record types include newspaper clippings, correspondence, articles, scrapbooks, speeches, notes, drafts, reports, teaching materials, subject files and other material.