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Fonds consists of two series: 1) minutes and accompanying Committee decisions on applications for variances and land severance; plans, and agendas and accompanying reports are included in this series; 2) Consent "B" Files from 2000-2016.

Item consists of a report prepared by Conservation Branch of Department of Planning and Development, with assistance of Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology, Toronto and Suburban Planning Board and the Office of the Engineer of North York Township. Comments on geology, physiograpy, and climate of the Don Watershed; also comments on flora and fauna, water, land use and land use capability, and recreation in the area. Includes considerable historical data relating to the Don Watershed: Indigenous History, fur-trading and town planning, 1760-1792, the first settlements, roads and travel, mills, transportation, villages, industry, the watershed since 1867, etc.; most of information gleaned from material housed at the Department of Public Archives and Records, and the Dominion Bureau of Archives, Ottawa. Report includes as appendices a small number of maps delineating land use and existing woodland and restoration land. Only 200 copies of report issued.

Fonds consists of correspondence, reports, agreements, by-laws, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, workshop notes, maps, and photographs relating to the Keele Valley Landfill, the Oak Ridges Moraine, Toronto and GTA environment, and planning and development in Maple.

Item consists of an unpublished thesis. The work elucidates early history of Vaughan Township from intial European settlement in the wake of the American Revolution to 1840; as such predates advent of local government, which was implemented in 1850; provides analysis of topography, transportation, settlement patterns, economic development, the general pioneer social experience and their interconnection; also comments on impact of War of 1812 and 1837 Rebellion on Vaughan Township.

Item consists of an extensive history of the evolution of the Humber River and Carrying Place Trail and their contribution over the years to the development of Canada through exploration, settlement, and commerce. Includes a timeline of histroical events as well as historical photos and coloured photographs of the Humber River and surrounding area.

Fonds consists of newspaper article on Help's Penny-Wise sale in 1978, proposed land use maps, campaign material for the 1972 election when Jim Cameron, Bill King, Mike Bevan and Claire Coates were running for Council with support from KARA, a report on Transit in Vaughan 1973, and newspapers, coins, and programs from Vaughan's inauguration as a City in 1991.

Fonds consists of plans, reports, studies, correspondence, published materials, essays, and newspaper clippings which document the planning and development of Vaughan. Specific Vaughan topics within the fonds include the Maple dump, the Maple theme park, the Woodbridge annexation, and the building of the Vaughan industrial park, to name but a few. Moreover, official plans and studies for Thornhill, Maple, Kleinburg, Nashville, and Woodbridge provide invaluable evidence as to the evolutionary development of these communities.

Fonds consists of three maps of Maple dated 1904, 1936, and 1963 which depict the layout of the community as well as the names and locations of various businesses and farms.

File consists of photographs that depict the Woodbridge Core (low-level aerial view); Woodbridge Ave. looking west; and east; and the "Market Lane Barn", a historic barn refurbished and converted into a restaurant.

Item consists of a report that details findings and provides archaeological assessment of the Seed-Barker Site (AkGv-1), a late Iroquoian village located in the City of Vaughan on the east bank of the East Humber on property owned by the Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (MTRCA); site is situated on a meander spur 4.5 km north of Woodbridge and 2.75 km southeast of Kleinburg. First excavated in 1895 under direction of R.B. Orr and Joseph Smelser; subsequent excavations include: A.J. Clark in 1925, Norman Emerson in 1951, Brian Snow in 1975-1977, and Robert Burgar in 1983-1989.