The fonds is a testimony to the role the Groupe monoparental Une pour Deux/l’Association Parmi-Elles played in the founding of La Maison Verte. It also illustrates the commitment and perseverance of the women who participated in the development of this organization. It contains the minutes of the organisation’s first meetings, legal documents and financial reports.

The fonds contains textual and photographic records of Roland Cloutier’s involvement in Northern Ontario’s lumber industry. It provides information on some of the Hearst area lumber companies and on organizations such as the Hearst Lumbermen’s Association and the Ontario Lumber Manufacturers’ Association. The fonds also includes documents pertaining to the Hearst Forest Management company, the Northern Ontario Development Corporation, and to René Fontaine in his role as a member of the Ontario legislature and minister in the Ontario government. This is complemented by government reports, studies analyzing the situation and needs of the lumber industry and of Northern Ontario’s economy, handbooks relating to the working practices of the industry and maps mostly illustrating cutting rights in the forest of the region.