The collection contains over 60,000 items including:
- County, city and village histories
- Street directories for Cambridge, 1866 – 1975, listing streets, occupants and occupations (up to 1939), tradesmen, officials, etc
- County directories, 1790s – 1937, listing general village history, officials, major residents, tradesmen
- Trade and telephone directories
- Dissertations and theses, and unpublished indexes. Various levels of study held dependent on their importance
- Victoria County History Vols 1 - X
- Handbills and political posters
- Playbills relating to theatrical events