File consists of correspondence and reports from Herbert Girling, J.W. Phillips (R.N.W.M. Police Inspector), C.E. Whittaker, W.H.B. Hoare, and E. Hester. Also includes a service register by H. Girling for 1914 and a map of Girling's travels April 1915.
File consists of typed and hand-written lists : Terms of relationship Copper Eskimo; Affixes, Infixes; Linguistic vocabulary; Outlines of the Copper Eskimo Grammar by Rev. H. Girling; lists of terms or expressions.
File consists of original manuscript of the dictionary H. Girling compiled with the help of the Ven. Archdeacon C.E. Whittaker; D. Jenner, M.A., Canada-Arctic Expedition; Rev. E.J. Peck, Baffin's Land; Dr Rook, Greenland; Kleinschmidt; V. Steffansson; E. Hester.