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Series consists of reports produced by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce including the Access to Capital by Small Business, a Board of Trade Report, Comments on Bill 208, Economic Reports, an Executive Summary, Government Reports, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce reports on various issues, a report to the Board of Directors, as well as Noise Control By-Law Reports.

Series consists of various forms of publicity and promotional materials pertaining to and created by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, including pamphlets, flyers, programs and information releases announcing upcoming events, seminars, workshops, speakers and business news. The series also consists of two publications; Hamilton, Canada: A Panorama of Beauty and Industry, and Hamilton: The Place for Your Plant.

Series consists of records pertaining to various programs and events held by the Chamber of Commerce including a beauty contest, breakfasts, luncheons and dinners, Career Day, Corporate Challenge, seminars, speakers, sporting events and tours.

Series consists of a photograph of the 1938-1939 Hamilton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Young Men’s Section. The names of the men are added under the inset of their image. The photo has been encapsulated.

Series consists of newspaper clippings from various newspapers including the Hamilton Spectator, the Hamilton Herald, the West Hamilton Journal, the Dundas Star Journal, the Ancaster News, the Hamilton Mountain News, the Canadian Economist Free Trade Journal and the Liverpool Standard, pertaining to the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce. The articles cover Chamber events, the state of the Hamilton economy and Hamilton businesses, and business in general, including taxes, imports and exports, transportation, elections, unemployment, labour strikes, as well as government legislation affecting business. The series includes a scrapbook of clippings from the early 1900s, which is wrapped due to the fragile nature of the material. The articles pertain to the Board of Trade and its reorganization, announcements regarding events, and the work of the Board of Trade in the community.

Series consists of accounts of imports and exports, property leases and taxation records.

Series consists of general correspondence and representative correspondence pertaining to the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce. Included in this series is an undated note from an individual who enclosed a Hamilton Chamber of Commerce medallion (no ribbon attached). The medallion is dated 1864 and the sender of the note felt the Chamber would like to have this item. The Chamber responded by letter dated 1955, thanking the sender.

Series consists of records of meeting minutes for the Executive Committee, as well as meeting minutes for various committees. Earlier committees included ones concerning agriculture, exports, taxation, public safety, retail, finance, street naming and numbering, elections and city planning among others. Modern committees included the Agenda for Action, the Ambassador Committee, the Business Development Committee, the Civic Centre Arena Project, the Community Based Employment Adjustment Committee, the Education and Skills Training Subcommittee, the Federal/Provincial Affairs Committee, the Finance and Taxation Committee, the Foreign Trade Subcommittee, the General Committee, the Hamilton Harbour Remedial Action Plan Committee, the Hamilton Harbour Task Force, the Hospitality Committee, the Human Resources Committee, the Industrial Liaison and Zoning Committee, Publicity Committee, REACH (Regional Employment and Adjustment Committee of Hamilton-Wentworth), the Small Business Subcommittee, Tourism and Conventions Development Task Force, and the Transportation Committee. Some of the minutes have incomplete years. This series also contains two photographs from the file on the Transportation Services Committee pertaining to the Instaglide, which was a train model for rapid transit from the Instaglide Transportation Corporation.

Series consists of records pertaining to the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce Centennial in 1945, the city of Hamilton Centennial in 1946, and the Canadian Centennial in 1967.

Series consists of award certificates received by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the region of Hamilton-Wentworth, as well as records on the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce Convention Ambassador Awards. The series includes 2 contact sheets of the convention including images of award recipients and various tables, as well as a photograph of the award recipients for the year 1990.

Series consists of administrative records including information on the history of the Board of Trade, the Constitution and Act to Incorporate the Board of Trade of the City of Hamilton, acts and petitions, revised constitution and by-laws, member ship lists, a membership application and fee schedule, a freight rate and operations log, meeting minutes and agendas for the Board of Directors, annual reports, records for the Ancaster and Dundas divisions of the Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Constitution and Bylaws of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.