The fonds consists of the records created and received by Hugh Horner during his tenure as Minister of Agriculture (1971-1975) as well as agriculture-related reference materials (1945-1967) assembled by Horner. The fonds also includes two photographs featuring members of the House of Commons dating from 1961.

The fonds consists of records created and maintained during Edwin LeRoy Fjordbotten's tenure as Minster of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development from 1982 to 1985 and departmental records from the Department Agriculture, Food and Rural Development dating from 1945 to 1974. The fonds contains ministerial correspondence with provincial, federal, and municipal constituents, associations, societies, companies and agencies; pamphlets of minutes and meetings; and reports and correspondence.