Fonds consists of research materials generated in preparation for Southcott's book The Sound of the Drum: The Sacred Art of the Anishnabec (Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 1984). The following artists are documented in the fonds: Allen Angeconeb, Del Ashkewe, Carl Beam, Leland Bell, Benjamin Chee Chee, Shirley D. Cheechoo, Blake Debassige, Noel Ducharme , Don Ense, Rhonda Franks, Ril Gaiashk, Tom Hill, Robert Houle, Alex Janvier, Francis Kagige, Goyce Kakegamic, Morley Kakepetum, Eleanor Kanasawe, Josh Kakegamic, Norman Knott, John Laford, Mel Madahbee, Norval Morrisseau, Hugh Mckenzie, Johnson Meekis, Daphne Odjig, Martin Panamick, Carl Ray, Tim Restoule, Michael Robinson, Allen Sapp, James Simon, Arthur Shilling, Roy Thomas, Randy Trudeau, and Saul Williams.