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.

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 photocopied and original published periodicals, pamphlets, memorabilia, annual reports, proceedings, maps, society by-laws, a survey, directory and Diwali souvenirs from Vishwva Hindu Parishad.

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 indexes, bibliographies and lists of research materials used by Johnston in the preparation of his published work on the Komagata Maru and Sikhs in Canada.

Series consists of photocopied and microfilmed archival documents generated by government bodies, copies of photographs, and handwritten research notes. Records include correspondence (including private letters of South Asians in North America, acquired through government surveillance), as well as telegrams, reports, press clippings from government department files (Canadian, British, Indian and American), and from Governors General files, Prime Ministers' files, and publications.

Records are from Canadian, British, Indian and American archives, primarily from Library and Archives Canada. MsC 183-0-3-0-0-6 contains a guide to most of these materials. The archival reference and origin is written or stamped on each document.

Series consists of photocopies and microfilm of archival records on the subject of the Komagata Maru and South Asians in Canada, and handwritten research notes. Archival records were generated by non-governmental organizations; they include manifests, registers, and case law reports.

Series consists of photocopies and microfilm of audiobiographical and biographical accounts of the Komagatu Maru voyage, with handwritten research notes.

Files consist of notes from an interview with Nanad Kaur Johl, as well as correspondence and photographs relating to "The Four Quarters of the Night: The Life-Journey of an Emigrant Sikh" and Johnston's article on Tara Singh Bains.

Series consists of survey and research reports relating to the socio-economic status of South Asians in British Columbia.

Series consists primarily of photocopied articles published in scholarly journals with some annotations and research notes.