Fonds consists of records created and/or accumulated by Lou Collins. Fonds focuses on records from Collins' civic life and involvement in the heritage community, as well as his activities as a local historian, tour guide, lecturer and collector. Fonds does not include a significant amount of material from Collins' career as an educator in the Halifax public school system. However, fonds does include material from Collins' elementary and high school education, as well as material Collins and his wife collected through their interest in local history. CR30