Series consists of photocopies of six published articles and one final draft of an essay, on the subject of Sikhs in Canada and the Komagata Maru, written by Hugh Johnston.

Series consists of photocopies and original clippings of newspaper articles and research notes. Clippings are from primarily English-Canadian and Indo-Canadian publications.

Series consists of the first, second and third drafts of the first edition of "The Voyage of the Komagata Maru: The Sikh Challenge to Canada's Colour Bar," published in 1979 in Delhi by Oxford University Press.