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Series consists of articles relating to W.J. Cooke and his involvement in the concrete industry; his work with the Rotary Club and other organizations; Cooke concrete plant history; development projects; Oaklands, Aldershot, and other local history; and the concrete industry.

Fonds consists of material relating to J. Cooke Concrete and to William Jacob Cooke, and includes deeds and other legal documents relating to lands; correspondence; ephemera; news clippings; maps and plans; notes on biographical and administrative history; photographs; and artifacts.

Series consists of notes compiled on the Cooke family and their business ventures. Series includes W.J. Cooke biographical information, J. Cooke Concrete general history, and the history of Oaklands.

The collection consists of 107 photographs in a binder. Information about the photographs is hand-printed on the reverse. The photographers have not been identified. The subjects illustrated a number of “lifestyle” stories of local Burlington interest: community service organizations, awards, independent business owners, and cultural activities.

The fonds consists of personal papers and correspondence related to his Rotary years and researches, research material on Adam Fergusson, the Fergusson family and Woodhill, the Fergusson family home, as well as other material with some relationship to Fergusson or his family members. The fonds has been divided into three series: Personal papers, Adam Fergusson research and General research. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Personal papers (1959-2004) Adam Fergusson research (ca. 1840-2001) General research (1960-2004) Woodhill research (1930-2006). Within the Adam Fergusson research there are a number of loose newspaper clippings dated 1950-1960.

The fonds consists of minute books, treasurers reports, membership lists, lists of speakers and programmes, listings of books circulated, scrapbooks and photographs. There is one wooden plaque, presented to “Arts & Letters Club” on the occasion of the Incorporation of the City of Burlington, January 1, 1974.