Fonds consists of essays, articles, offprints, reviews, contracts, correspondence, a CV, a scrapbook, photocopies, maps, plans, notes, microfilm, and photographs about the personal lives and research of Philip and Helen Akrigg. Fonds contains two series: Research Collections (1580-1993) and Personal Material (1934-1999).

Series consists of essays, articles, offprints, reviews, contracts, correspondence, a CV, and a scrapbook about the personal life and research of Helen and Philip Akrigg. It includes a manuscript copy of Philip Akrigg's memoirs (1999).

Series consists of three research collections maintained by Helen and Philip Akrigg: British Columbia History; William Shakespeare, the Earl of Southampton, James I & the Jacobean Period; and Garnett G. Sedgewick research collections. The first research collection includes photocopies, photoprints, maps, plans, notes and other materials used by Helen and Philip Akrigg for their books on British Columbia history and place names. The second research collection consists of microfilms, photocopies, photographs and original English documents acquired by Philip Akrigg while working on his books about William Shakespeare, the Earl of Southampton, James I and the Jacobean period. The final collection comprises research materials relating to G.G. Sedgewick assembled for Akrigg's Garnett Sedgewick Memorial Lecture (1980).