The series consists of manuscripts, correspondence, organization notes, and records related to works that have not yet been published. Works represented in this series include Cedar box Camera, Body Language, “After Thoughts,” “Tourist Overboard,” “The B-Lock,” Green Man, Catapult and Ketchup, Ordinary Ghosts, “The Red-Letter Rainbow,” and The Room with a View.

The series consists of correspondence, minutes, and other materials relating to New's participation in professional and university-related committees.

The series consists of teaching notes and course materials used and developed by New during his career. The material relates to English and Commonwealth Literature and Geography classes New teaches and includes course outlines, descriptions, reference materials, and index cards with literary information.

The series consists of notes taken and essays written by New as a student at UBC and some reference guides on how to prepare for Exams.

The series consists of records of various scholarships, prizes, awards, and other types of recognition that have been received by New or in which he has been involved. In addition, there are records about stipulations and general information about these decorations.

The series consists of correspondence, manuscripts, drafts, notes, lists, contributor forms and printed material related to reference books such as guides and bibliographies authored by New. Works represented include Malcolm Lowry: A Reference Guide (1978), select essays in the Dictionary of Literary Biography (1986-2002), Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada (2002), and Janet Frame: An Enumerative Bibliography to 1990.

The series consists of manuscripts, correspondence, organization notes, and records related to poetry authored by New. Works represented in this series include Riverbook and Ocean (2002), Science Lessons (1996), Raucous (1999), Strait Home (1999), Halfway Home in the Rain (1993), Stone/Rain (2001), Night Room (2003), Touching Ecuador (2006), Underwood Log (2004), Along a Snake Fence Riding (2007), The Rope-Maker’s Tale (2009), YVR (2011), New and Selected Poems (2015), Neighbours (2017) as well as assorted individual poems not collected under titles.

Series consists of photographs documenting various events, people, and locations.

The series consists of material related to New's position as a professor in the Department of English at UBC and finances. Includes personal calendars, staff directories documenting his activities, 1997-2002 and various grant applications.

Series consists of correspondence and notes concerning an initiative titled the "New Canadian Library."

The series consists of general correspondence and includes personal materials, teaching aids, records about a Canadian literature correspondence course taught by New, talks given by New, and other miscellaneous materials he collected.

The series consists of promotional and printed material, lists, curriculum vitae, and other material relating to various New publications.

The series consists of correspondence, notes and drafts relating to several of New's articles, including his article in volume 3 of The History of the Book in Canada, “Literature in English” in The Canadian Encyclopedia and “The Short Story in Canada.”

The series consists of manuscripts, correspondence, organization notes, and records related to books and anthologies edited by New. Works represented in this series include the Four Hemispheres (1971), Voice and Vision (1972), Modern Canadian Essays (1976), Active Voice (1986), Modern Stories in English (1975), Canadian Short Fiction: From Myth to Modern (1986, 1992), Literature in English (1993), Canadian Literature (1966-177, 1994, 2002) and A 20th Century Anthology (1984).

The series consists of correspondence and other material relating to New's editing and advising activities.

The series consists of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and records related to works of literary criticism and history authored and edited by New. Publications include Among Worlds: An Introduction to Modern Commonwealth and South African Fiction (1975), Margaret Laurence: The Writer and Her Critics (1977,) Malcom Lowry (1971), A Political Art: Essays and Images in Honour of George Woodcock (1978), Dreams of Speech and Violence: The Art of Short Story in Canada and New Zealand (1987), A History of Canadian Literature (1989), Literary History of Canada: Canadian Literature in English (1990), Inside the Poem (1992), Land Sliding: Imagining Space, Presence & Power in Canadian Writing (1997), Borderlands: How We Talk About Canada (1998), Reading Mansfield and Metaphors of Form (1999), Annual Review of Canadian Writing, Articulating West: Essays on Purpose and Form in Modern Canadian Literature (1972), Grandchild of the Empire: About Irony, Mainly in the Commonwealth (2003), and From a Speaking Place: Writings from the first 50 years of Canadian Literature (2009).

The series consists of correspondence generated by New in his position as professor of English at UBC and as Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies. The correspondence relates to various subjects, including New's involvement in various professional organizations, requests for references, publishing firms, and correspondence with other academics that New met while attending conferences. Includes general correspondence files, and correspondence files are arranged topically by New with mixed subject file material.

The series consists of records, including correspondence, notes, draft papers, photographs and ephemera, relating to New's participation in or responsibility for various projects, conferences, committees, and papers.

The series consists of records such as correspondence, notes, and drafts of bibliographies relating to Commonwealth literature and New's involvement in several Commonwealth literature projects, including the Commonwealth Poetry Anthology, The Journal of Commonwealth Literature and the Commonwealth Encyclopedia.

The series consists of correspondence, drafts, manuscripts, and other records related to works for children authored by New. Books represented include Vanilla Gorilla (1998), Llamas in the Laundry (2002), Dream Helmet (2005), The Year I was Grounded (2009), and Sam Swallow and the Riddleworld League (2013).

The series consists of manuscripts, correspondence, organization notes, and records related to works that contain fragments of auto/biographical writing authored by New. Works represented in this series include “Glimpses: Shadow, Pool” in Celebrating the Life and Work of Janet Frame (1994) and “Writing Here” in BC Studies (2005).

Series consists of correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, photocopied articles, and other printed material concerning an assortment of authors, poets, and playwrights, including significant materials on Frances Brooke, Dave Godfrey, Kendel Hippolyte, Mistry Rhinton, Alice Munro, and Jessie Simie.

Series consists of correspondence and other materials relating to various academic associations and publishers.