The fonds consists mainly of Centre for Human Settlements materials and a few files from the rest of the School of Community and Regional Planning. The records are arranged into the following series: Administration, CHS, General History, and International Activities, Correspondence, and Projects. CHS is further divided into the following sub-series: Administration, CIDA Library, Conferences, Seminars, Response, Correspondence, General History, Projects, Publications, and Reports.

The collection consists of off-prints and copies of articles and reports arranged alphabetically by faculty member name.