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File consists of a list of medical appointments Wayson had.

File consists of financial documents from the Central Savings and Loan, including deposit certificates connected to a savings account. These were issued in mainland China before Communism. File also includes two scripts for plays in Cantonese, a receipt, and miscellaneous elementary school textbooks.

File consists of printouts of archival material from the museum's website about San Francisco's Chinatown. Pieces include: "Chinatown Declared a Nuisance!", distributed by the Workingmen's Committee of California and "The Kearney-Kalloch Epoch" by Jerome A. Hart. Kalloch was the mayor of San Francisco from 1879-1881. Kearney was an anti-Chinese immigration agitator and leader of the Workingmen's Committee of California. File also includes some pages which have been duplicated,"Golden Legacy Curriculum" which includes information on the custom of foot binding, and brief write ups on Chinatown, foreign colonies, the Chinatown Tong Wars of the 1920s, history of the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, and screenshots of archival footage from Chinatown, dated 1902.

File consists of a nameplate from Wayson's office (possibly from Humber)

File consists of drafts and appendices of a short story entitled "Nanking" published in "Descant"

File consists of a news article about Larry Kwong, a Chinese Canadian pioneering hockey player. File also includes an article on Terry Jang-Barclay who started the Go-For-Broke Festival.

File consists of news articles grouped together by Wayson about Chinatown, and the Second World War. File includes a 50th anniversary special issue of Time Magazine discussing Pearl Harbour, published 2 December 1991, An October 1988 issue of Saturday Night with a feature written by Denise Chong, entitled "Secrets of Chinatown", a newsclipping from the 30 May 1986 edition of the Globe and Mail discussing a British magazine's challenge of plagiarism towards Maclean's magazine, a section from 4 February 1992 edition of The Toronto Star discussing the Year of the Monkey and providing information about other signs in the Chinese zodiac, and a photocopied newsclipping of a contribution to The Toronto Star by Rebecca Bragg, discussing the Chinese zodiac.

File consists of news clippings referencing the Second World War, and 1930s culture generally. File also includes a feature by Jeff Yang from Voice Literary Supplement, entitled, "Coming Into the Country" discussing Asian American writing, and an article from CanPlay - Playwrights Union of Canada published in November 1989, discussing the ingredients of an award-winning play.

File consists of various news article on many topics related to Chinese history, traditions and Chinese-Canadians. Includes, "Being Canadian" by Denise Chong for the April 20, 1995 edition of The Globe and Mail, "Lives Lived", an obituary for Anna Dickman Lam, the first Chinese Canadian to qualify as a registered nurse in British Columbia, by Michael Valpy, printed in the April 1, 1996 edition of The Globe and Mail, "When Canada spat on Chinese women", an article discussing Under the Willow Tree: Pioneer Chinese Women in Canada, written by Paulette Peirol for the May 17, 1997 edition of The Globe and Mail, "A Taste of Success" by Jason Epstein, which discusses the changing culinary landscape of New York and Chinatown, written for the April 19, 1993 edition of the New Yorker, "East Meets West" from a January 1992 edition of XS, which includes a discussion with Wayson's friend Pei Lim, regarding Chinese medicine as an alternative to contemporary treatments for HIV and AIDS. This article includes a photograph of Pei Lim. File also includes an article by Katrina Onstad for the June 3 1999 edition of The National Post, discussing the Nu Shu "women's writing" language, an article by Daniel Lombardo discussing the 1915 arrest of Chinese students in Amherst, Massachusetts, an article from the December 20, 1996 edition of the Toronto Star announcing the death of China's last royal eunuch, a photocopied opinion piece from the June 13 1989 edition of The New York Times titled "In China, 'A Little Blood', written by Harrison E. Salisbury, discussing Tianamen Square, and a clipping of the National Bestseller List for May 11, 1996 from the Globe and Mail. "The Jade Peony" is ranked at number three for fiction.

File consists of news clippings relating to a Young People's Theatre production of "Nancy's Road"; a 29 May 1992 Education column from The Globe and Mail discussing Humber College's English placement exam for new students; a copy of China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston, and a programme for a performance of Winston Kam's play "Bachelor-Man"