The majority of his fonds consists of materials from when he was an employee of the Globe and Mail, writing a column 'The World of Learning'.

File contains correspondence and drafts of columns written by Bascom St. John for the "World of Learning" column he wrote for the Globe and Mail.

File contains a variety of records related to Technical Institutes. Included are: a contact list for the department of Education's technology and trades and vocational training specialists, and a list of technological and vocational institutes in Ontario; a report "Institutes of Technology and other Institutions offering Post-Secondary Courses: Full-Time Day enrollment as of October 1963" put out by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics; a paper by S. Madras "Modernizing High School Chemistry" and a summary of remarks by J. S. Marshall "Lectures, Television and Individual Attention" both presented at the Chemical Institute of Canada's 46th annual conference; "Survey of Vocational Education and Training 1960-1961" by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics; "Brief to the select committee on Manpower Training of the Ontario Legislature" by the Institute of Chartered Engineers of Ontario; the Honourable William B. Davis' address at the Symposium on Education for Business and Industry; "The Problems and Difficulties of Students in Canadian Technological Institutes" by J. K. Holmes, J. A. Karnes, and J. P. Paivio as part of the Technical Institute Assistant's course; three copies of "The Aims and Values of Laboratory Teaching in Technical Institutes"; "Programmed Instruction and Teaching Devices in the Technical Institutes"; and "Teaching at the Tertiary Level".

File contains records relating to park associations in Toronto, Ontario, and New York. It would appear Bascom St. John was involved with this cause in Toronto and wrote editorials.
In the file are: newspaper clippings; a postcard of Queen's Park and environs; Report No. 5 of th Committee on Parks and Exhibitions; information on Dutch Elm disease; a review of the policy, purpose and progress of The Metropolitan Parks Department as of January 1, 1958; correspondence and associated materials to/from the Federation of Ontario Naturalists; and correspondence and materials regarding the Park Association of New York City.

File contains records pertaining to Technical and Vocational training and employment. Included in the file are: a brochure from the Scarborough Board of Education about "the 'New' look of business education"; "Apprenticeship Training in Ontario" booklet from the Department of Labour; a brochure about Telephone Technicians; correspondence and included thesis on vocational education in Canada; "A brief to the Comite D'Etude Sur L'Enseignement Technique et Professionnel" by Peter Dobush; a report by the John Howard Society of Ottawa "Study Action Committee on Youth Employment"; and other associated clippings, correspondence and writings.

File contains a collection of records relating to technical and vocational education. Included are: a brochure for the 1st national conference of the Canadian Vocational Association; Vol. XXIII, No. 3 of TEN - Technical Education News by McGraw-Hill; an outline of the Plant Assessment program; "A program for Technical and Vocational Training in Ontario" a statement by Honourable John P. Robarts, Minister of Education, Province of Ontario; C. R. Ford's, director of Vocational Training Branch of the Dept. of Labour, address to the first annual meeting of the Canadian Vocational Education Association, Aug. 13, 1958; correspondence from E. D. W. Courtice, representative from Hamilton, Ontario of the Canadian Vocational Education Association; Vol. VI no. 4 of "The Ontario Technologist"; information on the the Technical Assistance Act of the Canadian government; a brief on the aims, organization and progress of the Association of Professional Technologists of the Province of Ontario; Vol. 1 no. 2 Technical and Vocational Education in Canada; a statement from the OSSTF regarding the Technical Assistance Act; Board of Education for the Township of North York brochure for advanced technical evening courses; "A general review of the task confronting a select committee on manpower training of the Ontario Legislature"; and a pamphlet issued by the Minister of Education "Advanced Technical Evening Classes - requirements for certificates".

File contains a copy of the white paper "Better Opportunities in Technical Education" presented to Parliament in the United Kingdom by the Minister of Education by command of Her Majesty in January of 1961.
The paper proposes the reorganization of the system of courses for technicians, craftsmen, and operatives in technical colleges in England and Wales.

File contains information relating to Dominion-Provincial Technical training and education. Included in the file are: memos; part I of the report of the Advisory Council of the Metropolitan School Board regarding the East York Board of Educations application to renovate East York Collegiate as part of the Federal-Provincial Technical Assistance program; a report on an interview with Federal Minister of Labour Dr. G. V. Haythorne and his assistant G. G. Cushing, Feb. 27, 1964; and a survey of vocational education and training 1959-1960 by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics - Education Division - Vocational Education section.

File contains a newspaper article about the High School of Performing Arts in New York, New York, and a copy of the Educational Studies and Documents No. 36 "Technical and Vocational Education in the U. S. A" - a bibliographical survey prepared by the United States Office of Education.

File contains general correspondence and brochures for the Canadian Polytechnic Institute located at 1262 Don Mills Road, Don Mills, Ontario. The majority of its courses were Science related (Physics, Chemistry, Botany) but they did offer courses in English, History, and Engineering.