Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1978 and 1979 from different persons and institutions. Includes administrative correspondence related to grants, submission of his work, letters of acceptance and rejection, payments and invoices, letters thanking him for his donations and participating in events, travel expenses, and correspondence received from politicians. Also contains personal correspondence with a photograph.

Personal correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1990 and 1992 from different persons and institutions. Includes letters, postcards, cards, photographs, related ephemera, and photocopies of newspaper clippings received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1993 and 2002. Includes business correspondence related to his research. Also contains personal correspondence, photographs, and photocopies of photographs received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Personal correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1998 and 2002 to and from Dana Švihlová, sometimes printed on reused paper. Includes personal correspondence, related ephemera, and photographs.
Also contains a photocopy of pages from Švihlová's work Trvalo udržateľný rozvoj na miestnej úrovni.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1998 and 2016. Includes business correspondence related to the University of Waterloo and the Ontario Conservation Review Board. Also contains personal correspondence, correspondence related to his books and publications, invitations to events and committees, job applications, submissions of his work, and applications to boards, and thanking him for participating in events.

Personal correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1992 and 1994 from different persons and institutions. Includes letters, postcards, and cards received from family and friends.

Correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley between 1997 and 1998. Includes business correspondence related to the University of Waterloo. Also contains personal correspondence, letters thanking him for participating in events, and related photographs.

Personal correspondence received by Robert Shipley in 1982. Includes letters, postcards, cards, ephemera, and a photograph received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Personal correspondence received by Robert Shipley between September and December 1977. Includes letters, postcards, cards, newspaper clippings, and a photograph received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Personal correspondence sent and received by Robert Shipley in 1979. Includes letters, postcards, cards, ephemera, and photographs received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Personal correspondence received by Robert Shipley between May 1975 and February 1976. Includes letters, postcards, and cards received from family and friends. Also contains personal notes taken by Shipley.

Personal correspondence received by Robert Shipley between September 1971 and July 1974. Includes letters, postcards, cards, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and a photograph received with the correspondence from family and friends.

Materials related to publications Robert Shipley wrote or in which he collaborated. Includes photocopies of newspaper clippings, flyers and booklets related to the event "Playback 200" (1984) where Shipley was the festival coordinator, Shipley's resume, script for a talk in the First United Church (St. Catherines), and publications. Publications are:

• First draft and photocopy of Shipley's unpublished In search of Jesus Canuck,
• Approaching Ontario's past: how to produce your own audio-visual show to which Shipley contributed,
• Institute of urban and environmental studies: decisions for the Great Lakes by Brock University (1983) in which Shipley contributed with part IV "Resource use,"
• Canadian Author & bookman (Vol. 59, No. 1, Fall 1983) with Shipley's article "Playing with ideas - for money" and (Vol, 58, No. 3, Spring 1983) with a feature on Shipley,
• Canal side '83 calendar. 12 views by Robert Shipley,
• There is: Niagara poetry anthology (Vol. 1, 1983) with Shipley's poems "St. Catharines bus station," "May mountain locks walk," "Across the room," and "Macramed lovers,"
• Welland Canals Heritage Parkway (phase II): a proposal for the Welland Canals heritage parkway with a preface by Shipley (1983).

Also contains The oak and the pine tree chief a play developed by History and Theatre Arts students at Niagara district secondary school in cooperation with Shipley (April - May 1983).

Robert Shipley's journal for the years 1998 and 1999. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Robert Shipley's journal for the years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Robert Shipley's journal for the years 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Robert Shipley's two journals for the years 1992, 1993, and 1994. Includes two journals. First journal has Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal. Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal and a newspaper clipping from October 28, 1991.
Second journal is titled "China Diary" and covers Shipley's notes, drawings and collected ephemera from his trip to China in September and early October 1992.

Robert Shipley's journal for the years 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1992. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Robert Shipley's journal for the years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Robert Shipley's journal for the years 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Robert Shipley's journal for the years 1979 and 1980. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal. Also includes a drawing by Shipley from 1971.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Robert Shipley's journal for the years 1980 and 1981. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Robert Shipley's journal for the years 1982, 1983, and 1984. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Robert Shipley's journal for the years 1981 and 1982. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.

Robert Shipley's journal for the years 1984 and 1985. Includes Shipley’s daily journaling, personal notes, drawings, and remarks, as well as related photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings collected and pasted on the journal.
Also contains a document created by Shipley identifying the people and places mentioned in the journal.