File consists of formal studio and candid portraits of Lorraine Shortt in variety of formats. Photographers include K.W. Snider (Kingston, Ont.), C.H. Boyes (Kingston, Ont.), and The Bingham Home Studio (Toronto, Ont.)

Two letters from Lorraine Shortt regarding factual errors about her mother, Elizabeth Smith Shortt, in the first edition of the book Famous Women by Byrne Hope Saunders, details about her mother's life, and the possible donation of books by her sister, Mrs. R. F. Clarke.