File contains a timeline of Bringhurst's life and work from 1946-2013, a list entitled "Significant teachers," a reproduction of an article entitled "Hans-Lukas Teuber: A Tribute" from a 1994 issue of the journal "Cerebral Cortex," and a reproduction of an article entitled, "Hans-Lukas Teuber" from the National Academy of Science's periodical "Biographical Memoirs."

Series consists of personal records from Bringhurst and his immediate family. Personal records from his parents include letters between the two, as well as official records such as birth, death, and marriage certificates. Materials arising from Bringhurst's personal activities include passports and numerous daybooks, dating from 2000-2013.

File consists of government records related to the death of Marion Bringhurst, the text of the speech Robert Bringhurst delivered at her memorial service, and her obituary in the Red Bluff daily news.

File consists of Robert Bringhurst's Canadian passport.

File consists of a personal daybook.

File consists of a personal daybook.

File consists of the following publications: a book review of "Haida Art" by George F. MacDonald; "In Praise of Gorgias"; "Pebble/Pond/Errata Slip: A Codicil to Ocean/Paper/Stone"; "Postscript to a Translation of Empedocles"; "Eight Poems and Translations"; "Fast Drumming Ground"; "Some Notes on Verse and Versification" (draft).

File consists of a course packet issued to each student in a course Bringhurst taught at Simon Fraser University in 1984, entitled "The Book and its Form: An Historical Anatomy of Literate Culture."

File consists of letters, maps, and ephemera from travels in Europe.

File consists of the publication "The Burning Words" by Gaoyuan Wei, autographed by the author and inscribed to Bringhurst. Appendix 2 is a poem by Bringhurst entitled, "Of the Snaring of Birds."

File consists of research, notes, and drafts for the book "The fragments of Parmenides & an English translation."

File consists of the book "Cuentos del Cuervo: Mitos y Leyendas de los Indios Haida," Spanish translation of "The Raven Steals the Light."

File contains research notes from the American Philosophical Society Library and a library resident research fellowship exit report.

File consists of notes, correspondence, an advertisement, and a concert program related to a talk delivered at Western Washington University.

File consists of notes, conference schedule, and correspondence related to two speaking engagements in Italy: a presentation at the conference "Italy and Canadian Culture: Nationalisms in the New Millenium," held in Udine, and at a seminar entitled "The Mediation of Culture: Literary Publishing in Canada and Italy," held in Rome.

File consists of correspondence related to a panel presentation entitled "Writing about Native America," part of an event hosted by University of Nebraska Press.

File consists of an unedited first draft of the book "The World Is Our Witness: The Historic Journey of the Nisga'a Into Canada" by Tom Molloy and Donald Ward, as well as a letter from the publisher, Fifth House Publishers.

File consists of a draft of a piece in memory of Al Purdy, as well as the published piece in the Globe and Mail newspaper.

This file consists of various pieces of writings and transcriptions of talks by Bill Reid, many of which are reproductions.

File consists of correspondence, notes, conference programs, and an edited version of the keynote address Bringhurst delivered at the American Printing History Association conference at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

File consists of correspondence, a presentation, notes, and advertisements related to a Bancroft Roundtable facilitated by Bringhurst at the University of California Berkeley Faculty Club.

File consists of page proofs from the book “Being in Being: The Collected Works of a Master Haida Mythteller.”

File consists of the Greek translation of the book “The Elements of Typographic Style” and a leaflet containing corrections to the text.

File consists of a program brochure and notes related to a trip to Rethymno, Crete.

File consists of a letter and an annotated copy of the essay "Rain wept time in the Badland: Anthems of liquid movement" by Joe Sheridan.

File consists of the May/June 2001 issue of the magazine "Graphic Exchange," which contains an article by Nick Shinn entitled "Diggin' it?! The buried treasures of typography."

File consists of 2 copies of a talk entitled "The humanity of speaking: The place of the individual in the making of oral culture," The Laurier Lecture presented at Wilfred Laurier University on November 8, 2001, notes and correspondence related to the talk, and a reproduction of an Observer article about Osama bin Laden from October 28, 2001.

File consists of correspondence, a lecture entitled "Zapfest lecture: Breathing through hands," notes, an event poster, an and invitation to a reception, all related to the event, "Zapfest-Calligraphic type design in the digital age: An exhibition in honour of the contributions of Hermann and Gudrun Zapf," held at the San Francisco Public Library in September and October of 2001.

File consists of correspondence, presentation notes, an airplan boarding pass, a business card, and a conference program related to the conference "TEXTure-Reading/Writing/Sensing: Teaching word relationships in the context of new technologies."

File consists of the essay "How deep is flat?"