The clippings are taken mostly from the 'New York Times' and the 'Globe and Mail'. They were found divided into categories: Economy, Communications, Computers, Energy, Media, Military, Transport, Crime, Education, Food / Nutrition, Marx, Medicine, Religion, Society / Culture, China / Hong Kong, China / USSR, Japan, Politics, 35th Anniversary, and Trade.
They may have been gathered by a Canadian named John Morrison because a clipping from 'The McGill Reporter' is written by Bob Morrison and a handwritten note states 'Author is no relation!'