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Collection consists of: 3 oil on canvas paintings by Andrew Phin;
2 watercolours by Carolyn Blish; 4 prints (3 Inuit and 1 Farm); 1 Inuit sketch ( “Camp” by Germaine Arnaktauyok); 7 photographs including the moving of the Troyer Barn to Country Heritage Park in 1978, Dr. Armitage, Tony Gagliano, and one of the Archaeological Survey in the Boyd Conservation Area; and 1 wooden plaque with a Canadian Loyalists stamp. Also included was portrait of an unknown family, photos of Jas. Andrews farm in Maple and a print of N. Clarke Wallace. Also included are business directories, annual reports, city guides, economic/business newsletters published by the City from 1990-1998 as well as framed certificates and awards. RG 21-014.1 consists of books gifted to the City by delegations and partnerships from around the wold, such as Italy and China. Several historical books re Thoreau MacDonald, Humber River, Yonge St, Ontario history, round out the collection. Of particular interest is a board game, Vaughanopoly. Also 18 awards given to Economic Development Dept for marketing and informaiton technology, etc plus awards given to City (fire station 7-10, soccer, etc).
Accession RG 21-015.1 consists of 20 items including certificates and photos that were received by the City of Vaughan from 1990-2010. These items include Friendship Agreements, International Partnership Agreements and Twinning Agreements. All items were removed from their frames and placed in archival boxes as several of the frames had been damaged and the glass cracked.

In 2022, a portrait of Lord Beaverbrook from this collection was discovered at the JOC and brought back to the City Archives.

Accession M024.14 consists of certificates and plaques deliniating the City's involvement with local groups and organizations, and a city Twinning with the Italian city of Sora.

Fonds consists of ca. 300 photographs and ca. 100 postcards of military and WWI scenes, Donald and Addison Mackenzie

Fonds consists of minute books, 1915-1982, delineating deliberations, decisions, and activities of the Vellore Women's Institute, as well as occasionally citing the names of members and officers; and Vellore Tweedsmuir history (present in original and microform). Main topical subjects addressed in the latter include: Vellore Women's Institute and its contribution to welfare and development of the community; general community history including geography and topography of the locale; municipal government; agriculture; architecture; education; trade and commerce; histories of individual farms and families; religion; experiences of the community in Canada's wars including namers of volunteers in both conflicts; the Vellore Literary Society; the Vellore Band; transcribed reminicences of such individuals as Mrs. Ann Davidson, and Elizabeth Ann Snider; (extensive coverage of Rutherford Barn Raising, 1929; as well as history of hamlet of Teston; and Purpleville School (S.S #11).
The 2002 accrual consists of the papers from the Woodbridge Agricultural Fair and the Canadian Association of Exhibitions; minute books of the Vellore Women