Item consists of a support document for tour of architectural structures attributable to the "plain people" - Mennonites, Dunkards, Quakers, Amish, and Maravians - who settled in above-noted areas during the early 1790's to 1820's; includes brief history of said denominations; bulk of document comments upon building methods and materials, architectural styles favoured, and general architectural and historical significance of a number of structures.

Collection consists of three items: memoir of William Vaughan, originally published in 1839, with only the title page copied for reference purposes; the collector's compilation of his family tree purporting to trace descendancy to Benjamin Vaughan (one of the signatories of the Paris Peace Treaty of 1784 and City of Vaughan namesake); and an unpublished history of the so-called "Baker Homestead", located on lot 11, concession 2, Vaughan.