File consists primarily of material relating to the spiritual care provided to patients by Chisholm and other members of the chaplaincy service. Included are typewritten reflections made by Chisholm regarding care at Chedoke Hospital; a hospital chaplaincy card with contact information for Chisholm; a form filled out by a patient requesting holy communion; a pamphlet on "What Am I Going To Do? Guidelines for the Bereaved"'; a program pamphlet for "Pastoral Care of the Continuing Care Patient"; a program pamphlet for "Coping with Cancer"; a letter from Angela Kidd, a Nurse Manager at Chedoke Hospital, with a corresponding news article, thanking Chaplaincy Services for supporting the family of victims of a motor vehicle accident; a newspaper clipping documenting a trip to Florida for continuing care patients, which was funded by an anonymous donation; a newspaper clipping documenting the life of Dennis Rose, who was a patient of the continuing care section of Chedoke Hospital; a newspaper clipping documenting a patient of the continuing care section, Harold Sheperd, putting an ad in the classified section to find companionship; and newspaper clippings documenting the redevelopment of Chedoke Hospital to better care for patients. Also included is various hymns and prayers used for the pastoral care of patients.

Fonds consists of records relating to Francis Chisholm's educational and professional activities as a minister while employed at Chedoke Hospital (formerly Mountain Sanatorium) from 1964-1991, as well as a small amount of material pertaining to Chisholms services at the Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital as well as the Hamilton General Hospital from 1988-2000. Included is brochures, correspondence, invitations, leaflets, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, reports, sermon notes, a business card, a certificate, and a proposal document. Records cover such topics as pastoral care and services, chapel inductions and operations, pastoral training, and includes material related to the topic of spiritual care for patients afflicted with tuberculosis.