The fonds reflects Mootoo's work as a writer and artist. It contains printed typescripts of published works with drafts and related working papers, published reviews, drafts of unpublished works, lecture notes, professional correspondence, notebooks and sketchbooks, video productions in VHS format, audio materials and works of visual art.

The fonds has been arranged into 8 series: Literary works; Correspondence; Interviews; Book reviews and announcements; Notebooks and early writings; Artistic works; Photographs; and Ephemera. Some of the series are further subdivided into sub-series.

Series consists of manuscripts, typescript drafts and working papers for Mootoo’s literary compositions, including novels, short stories, poetry, and lectures and talks delivered on various occasions.

Sub-series consists of drafts, manuscripts and final proofs for the novel published as He Drown She in the Sea in 2005. Working titles for this novel included Harry the Egg-Man; The Woman Who Gave Love Birds as a Present; Once, A Raleigh Man; The Summer of Rose; and The Servant’s Son. The many drafts in this sub-series show the progression from first writings to finished work.
The drafts also show that Mootoo worked on her novel in sections, assigning alpha-numeric designators to each section during the draft stages of the work (eg. 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C and so on).

File consists of several early drafts of Presents of an Egg-Man, a working title for the novel that later became He Drown She in the Sea. One of the drafts is spiral-bound and annotated on the last page, but otherwise identical to the loose draft adjacent to it.

File consists of three partial drafts of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea. The drafts are hand-dated October 17, 1999, October 27, 1999 and October 29, 1999.

File consists of one partial draft, edited, of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea. The draft is hand-dated November 2, 1999.

File consists of two partial drafts titled Harry the Egg-Man, a working title for the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea. One of the drafts is hand-dated November 23, 1999. The other draft is heavily edited; the author

File consists of two photocopied partial drafts titled Harry the Egg-Man, a working title for the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea. The headers identify the text as I The Eggman. One draft is spiral-bound and annotated on the last page, but the text is identical to that of the unbound copy. The unbound copy is lightly edited.

File consists of a draft titled Harry the Egg-Man, a working title for the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea. The draft is hand-dated December 30, 1999.

File consists of two partial drafts of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea. One of the partial drafts is hand-dated January 13, 2000.

File consists of two partial drafts of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea. The headers identify the text as I The Egg-man.

File consists of partial draft, annotated and spliced, titled Harry the Egg-Man. Also included is one page of the author

File consists of two untitled partial drafts of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea.

File consists of two drafts of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea. The headers identify the text as Harry the Eggman. The drafts are hand-dated February 11, 2000 and March 20, 2000.

File consists of several drafts, some edited, of a short story titled

File consists of two partial drafts of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea.

File consists of a partial draft of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea.

File consists of a partial draft titled Harry the Egg-Man, a working title for the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea. The draft is hand-dated July 10, 2000.

File consists of a lightly edited draft titled Harry the Egg-Man, a working title for the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea.

File consists of a lightly edited draft titled Harry the Egg-Man, a working title for the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea.

File consists of a partial draft of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea. The header identifies this section on the text as 1B.

File consists of a partial draft of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea.

File consists of a partial draft of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea. The section of text is identified in the author

File consists of several partial drafts of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea. One of the sections is identified in the author

File consists of a partial draft of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea.

File consists of a synopsis for the plot of a novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea, as well as a fragment of a draft of the same work.

File consists of a partial draft of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea.

File consists of a partial draft of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea.

File consists of a partial draft of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea.

File consists of a partial draft of the novel later published as He Drown She in the Sea.