Fonds consists of material relating to Southam's professional life, and personal interests. The fonds is divided into ten series which reflect the many items found in fonds. Materials in the fonds include recordings (both by Southam and by others), scores (both by Southam and others), programmes, articles about Southam, photographs (personal and professional), material used by Southam in mixed-media presentation, and other material.
Series consists of material which relates to Ann Southam's personal interests and friends. Includes files with plaques from various charities she supported, artwork, poems written by her friend sean o huigin and other material.
File consists of two ink drawings by Ann Southam and sean o huigin. Each feature a mixture of letter (by o huigin) and musical notes (by Southam), and are called "sonograms". File also includes a published book "The Inks and the Pencils and the Looking Back" by sean o huigin, which feature published versions of these sonograms.
File consists of material found in a copy of "Women in Music", includes a tag from a Christmas present from Eve [Egoyan?] and a photographic clipping from a program of an unidentified man.
File consists of three programs from events attended by Ann Southam. Includes a program from a 1996 performance of Maria de Alvear's "De Puro Amor/En Amor Duro" by Eve Egoyan, a 2002 performance by Egoyan of de Alvear's "Asking", and a 2010 memorial service for composer Mary Elizabeth Gardiner.
File includes programmes for the Britten Festival, "Voices", the Elmer Iseler Singers in concert, "Music in the Morning", and various other concerts. The file also includes programmes from art shows including: "[in situ]: art, body, medicine" (2007), "Artpack" (1980), "Emily Carr: Centennial Exhibition" (1971), "Aiko Suzuki" (2002), and "Recollection Project".