Fonds consists of records relating to the activities of the Purcell String Quartet, and the careers of its individual members. Records include concert programs, publicity brochures, posters, and press reviews; contracts, correspondence, tour schedules, and itineraries; and photographs, scrapbooks, and sound recordings and moving images.

The fonds is a hybrid of paper, analog, and born-digital media.

The fonds has been arranged by the archivist into nine series:

• Administrative records (series 1)
• Promotional material (series 2)
• Photographic material (series 3)
• Press reviews (series 4)
• Correspondence (series 5)
• Programs (series 6)
• Member records (series 7)
• Sounds recordings (series 8)
• Moving images (series 9)