Series is comprised of personal material from all three decades of Blondal’s life, and includes a grade 8 school report card, information for new mothers, a diary from Blondal’s time in London in 1951, as well as graphic materials and biographical notes (including two family trees).

Series consists of personal and business letters to and from Blondal, including a number of rejection slips from potential publishers. The letters date primarily from the last decade of Blondal’s life and include a letter regarding the 1960 publication of Blondal’s novel A Candle to Light the Sun, received by Blondal’s husband, Harold, the year after her death. The letters have been arranged as incoming personal letters, incoming and outgoing business letters, and outgoing personal and business letters.

Series represents Blondal’s career as a writer and radio broadcaster with the CBC, and consists mainly of an untitled mystery novel (unpublished), two versions of Blondal’s novel, A Candle to Light the Sun, as well as a number of broadcast scripts. The series also includes short stories (including one written under the pseudonym Watson O’Hearn), poems, a play, an essay, and preparatory notes. The broadcast scripts have been ordered in a chronological sequence by broadcast number and date.

Series consists primarily of notes related to Blondal’s writing practice generally as well as her time as a student at the University of Manitoba in the 1940s. Also included in the series are university reading lists, reviews of Blondal’s publications (most of which appeared after her death), a copy of a radio play by Lydia Perera, and a guide for T.V. writers.