The fonds reflects Johanna den Hertog’s involvement in various women’s movement, labour movement, political and public service positions predominantly from the 1970s through the early 1990s. Records include materials related to den Hertog’s contributions to the establishment of Vancouver Rape Relief, an organization established to provide services to rape victims, as well as other activities related to advocacy for women’s rights, such as her participation in planning the Women Rally for Action in 1976. Records related to her participation in the New Democratic Party (NDP) at the provincial level include her role as Vice-President/Executive member of the Provincial NDP (1981-1987), Co-Chair of Mike Harcourt’s leadership campaign (1987), leadership roles in the planning of the party’s 1982 convention and the 1983 and 1986 elections. Records related to her service as President of the NDP include materials related to her role as spokesperson for the party, chair of numerous committees, liaison with the labour movement and the party’s representative in international forums. Also included are records of her public speeches throughout Canada. The fonds also includes records related to den Hertog’s 1984 and 1988 campaigns to win election as a Federal Member of Parliament in the riding of Vancouver-Centre and the 1989 Provincial by-election for Vancouver-Point Grey, where she put her name forward for the NDP party nomination. Although unsuccessful all three times, she lost the 1988 campaign by a narrow margin. Records relating to den Hertog’s volunteer and project work include her service as a board member of the Canadian Centre for Arms Control, her publication of a book chapter on the constitutional debate that took place in Canada in the late 80s and early 90s, her service on the Royal Commission for Electoral Reform and her service as a commissioner for the National Citizen’s Inquiry into Peace and Security.
The fonds is divided into five series: Women’s Activism, Provincial NDP, Federal NDP, Federal and Provincial Election Campaigns, and Volunteer and Project Work.
Records consist of newspaper clippings, brochures, agendas, minutes, notes, ephemera, diaries, calendars, reports, correspondence, photographs, press releases, pamphlets, drafts of speeches, campaign resources binders, policy briefings and the like.

Series consists of materials related to den Hertog’s 1984 and 1988 campaigns to win election as a Federal Member of Parliament in the riding of Vancouver-Centre. Although defeated both times, she lost the 1988 campaign by a narrow margin. The series also contains materials related to the 1989 Provincial by-election for Vancouver-Point Grey, where she put her name forward for the NDP party nomination, but was unsuccessful. The series is divided into three sub-series: Vancouver Centre 1984, Vancouver Centre 1988 and Vancouver-Point Grey.

Sub-series documents den Hertog’s campaign to win election as a Federal Member of Parliament in the riding of Vancouver-Centre in 1984. She was unsuccessful, losing to Progressive Conservative candidate Pat Carney.
Records include an official campaign resource binder, newspaper clippings, press releases, drafts of den Hertog’s nomination speech, notes for speaking engagements, and correspondence.

Sub-series documents den Hertog’s campaign to win election as a Federal Member of Parliament in the riding of Vancouver-Centre in 1988. She was unsuccessful, losing by a narrow margin of 269 votes, to Progressive Conservative candidate Kim Campbell.
Records contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, election results, campaign posters, plastic campaign signs, campaign brochures, publicity photographs and other materials, drafts of den Hertog’s speeches including her nomination speech, post-election debriefing materials, NDP policy briefing documents, Vancouver Centre riding demographics, and campaign expense records.

Sub-series contains materials gathered or created by den Hertog on numerous issues of relevance to second wave feminists in the 1970s, including women's health care, family law, legislative issues, labour, immigration, etc. Records also document den Hertog's activism and advocacy for women's rights, such as her participation in planning the Women Rally for Action in 1976, and feminist study groups. Her research for a piece on the history of women's political activism in BC, and other articles, speeches and writing on women's issues are included here.

Records consist of newspaper clippings, notes, ephemera, diaries, calendars, reports, correspondence, minutes and the like.

Records in the sub-series document the early history of Vancouver Rape Relief, from the initial idea conceived in 1973 to set up a support agency for rape victims, to establishing the centre in 1974, and its first years of operation. The main goals were to provide services to rape victims and to be a force for change in society, laws, and institutional procedures, and to work towards rape prevention.
Records include minutes, newsletters, reports, daybooks and desk diaries, newspaper clippings, articles, ephemera and booklets.

Series consists of records related to den Hertog's work and activism in the Women's Movement in the 1970s in Vancouver. Materials represent efforts to obtain equal rights, opportunities, access to health services, and personal freedom as part of the larger National and International efforts around women's equality. The series is divided into two sub-series: Vancouver Rape Relief and Womens' Movement (general).

Sub-series contains material related to den Hertog’s service as a board member of the Canadian Centre for Arms Control, which was established in 1983 as an independent, non-partisan voice on arms control issues. The mandate of the Centre’s staff of professional analysts was to provide government policy-makers; parliamentarians, journalists and the public with policy advice on a wide range of security issues of concern to Canada.
Records include reports, issue briefs, brochures, correspondence, newspaper clippings, flyers for disarmament rallies and symposia, newsletters, board meeting agendas and notes, annual reports, Centre publications, news releases and the like.

Sub-series consists of materials related to den Hertog’s service on the Royal Commission for Electoral Reform. The Commission’s mandate was to inquire into and to report on the appropriate principles and process that should govern the election of Members of the House of Commons and the financing of political parties and of candidates’ campaigns, including, but not limited to the practices, procedures and legislation in Canada; the means by which political parties should be funded; and the qualification of electors and the compiling of voters’ lists. Records consist of conference materials related to the Symposium on the Active Participation of Women in Politics as well as research for and drafts of den Hertog’s presentation to the Symposium Electoral Reform Commission entitled “Election Financing – the core of an equitable electoral system.” Also included are conference materials from the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing’s Research Seminar on Election and Party Financing.

Sub-series documents den Hertog's campaign to win the BC NDP nomination to run in the 1989 Provincial by-election. She was unsuccessful, losing the nomination to Tom Perry by a vote of 203 to 148.

Records consist of den Hertog's nomination speech, leaflets, correspondence, clippings, and the like.

Series contains material related to den Hertog’s participation in the New Democratic Party at the provincial level, including her roles as Co-Chair of Mike Harcourt’s leadership campaign (1987), the Chairperson of the B.C. NDP Convention Arrangements Committee (1982), Election Planning Committee member (1983 and 1986), Chair of B.C. Platform Committee (1983), Chairperson of the B.C. Policy Review Committee, and Vice-President/Executive member of the Provincial NDP (1981-1987).
Records include newspaper clippings, pamphlets, correspondence, conference notes, committee agendas, minutes and notes, policy questionnaires, election planning communications, drafts of speeches, and research material on various policy issues.

Series contains materials related to den Hertog’s service as President of the New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP) from 1987-1989. As President of the NDP, den Hertog served as the chief spokesperson for the Executive and party to the media; chaired Officers and Executive Committees, the Council and the party’s Conventions; served as the liaison with the Leader and Caucus, and the Officers’ representative on committees such as Strategy and Election Planning, Finance, Administration and Participation of Women. den Hertog was also responsible for public speaking throughout Canada and liaison with the labour movement and representation of the party in international forums. . The series also includes materials related to the 1987 and 1989 federal NDP conventions, the B.C. Council of Federal Ridings, B.C. Federal Election Planning Committee, Task Force on Party Structure, Council of Federal Ridings and the Socialist International Congress held in Stockholm.
Records include correspondence, newspaper clippings, convention materials, speeches and articles on various women’s issues, election review materials, federal office communications, policy papers, and committee meeting agendas, minutes and notes.

Series consists of records related to various volunteer positions in the areas of arms control and electoral reform, as well as material related to a book chapter written by den Hertog.
Series is divided into four sub-series: Canadian Centre for Arms Control and Disarmament, Book Chapter “Reconciling Our Origins, Facing Our Future in English Canada Speaks Out”, Royal Commission on Electoral Reform, and National Citizen’s Inquiry into Peace and Security.

Sub-series consists of records related to den Hertog’s service as a commissioner for the National Citizen’s Inquiry into Peace and Security. The inquiry, which held public hearings in communities across Canada, was established to look at alternative approaches to Canada’s peace and security requirements in the 1990s and beyond.
Records consist of reports, background documents, brochures and correspondence

Sub-series contains background research for and drafts of den Hertog’s book chapter “Reconciling Our Origins, Facing Our Future” published in the book “English Canada Speaks Out”. The chapter addresses the constitutional debate taking place in Canada in the late 80s and early 90s from the point of view of an English-speaking Canadian. den Hertog addresses three main issues – how important the constitutional question was at the time, the lack of familiarity with the political, legal and economic “contracts” that Canada had lived under since confederation, and the lack of agreement on the purpose of constitutional change.
Records include associated correspondence and research materials – reports, newspaper clippings, etc.