Series consists of records relating to Fellman's journalism and media activities. Fellman was a regular contributor of op-eds, commentaries and opinions pieces to various newspapers and magazines, and he made radio and television appearances as an expert on the American Civil War period.

Records include media clippings and copies of articles authored by Fellman, offprints, freelance agreements, an audio recording and a video (dvd).

Media outlets represented in the series include the Vancouver Sun, The Tyee, Globe and Mail, National Post, Financial Post, Saturday Night magazine, New York Times, Raleigh News and Observer, Kansas City Star, and the Hong Kong Standard. Intermixed are also copies of works that appeared in more academic journals, including Southern Cultures, Georgia Historical Quarterly, Journal of Southern History, The Historical Journal, as well as Fellman's contribution to a book of essays entitled Parallel Destinies: Canadian-American Relations West of the Rockies (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002).

Materials include two broadcasts in which Fellman appeared as a commentator on Robert E. Lee: a dvd of an episode from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience television program, "Robert E. Lee: At War with his Country ... and Himself"; and a sound recording of a National Public Radio radio broadcast, "On the Character of Robert E. Lee." Both are located in file 8.

Files are arranged chronologically.

For related records in digital form, see series 7, Desktop correspondence and working files. That series includes digital drafts of journalistic pieces, including some that do not appear here in print form. Copies of his contributions to The Tyee, for example, are found mainly in series 7.

Sub-series includes records relating to numerous literary reviews written by Peter Buitenhuis for various scholarly publications, as well as news sources, such as the New York Times and the Globe and Mail.

Records consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and manuscripts.