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One diptych with captions. Carr has depicted in both as the centre figure alongside two women with whom she must try to get along. This probably dates from her time in England.

One sketchbook with 130 drawings by Emily Carr, several pages of written text including lists, poems and commentary. This book appears to primarily document her time in St. Ives in Cornwall, outside the hours of her formal art schooling there.

One sketchbook with 21 drawings by Emily Carr. The drawings include figure studies, cartoon drawings and document activities in 1902 at art school in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England. They do not include her 1901 sojourn in Bushey. Some cartoon sketches may convey domestic incidents while boarding in private homes and include incidents concerning her landladies. One sequence appears to date from after her return to Victoria, 1904. There are also a number of poems written by Carr, notes and text that provide context for these and other sketches in the Carr fonds. The sketches include cartoon drafts for other finished works.

One illustrated journal or "funny book" titled "Sister and I From Victoria to London Memoirs of Ods and Ends" by Emily Carr covering her trip from Victoria B.C. to London, England en-route to art studies in France. The images depict humorous events as the sisters travel by rail across Canada to Quebec City where they board The Empress of Ireland across the Atlantic Ocean to Liverpool, and then on to London. Places in Canada include Victoria, Vancouver, Sicamous, Glacier House, Edmonton, Calgary, Medicine Hat, Winnipeg, Montreal, Quebec City.

On triptych titled A Study in Evolution-Bushey.