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The collection comprises the historical records of St Joseph's Missionary Society, mostly dating from the colonial period. From the time when indigenous clergy took over administration a good deal of the material remained overseas in the diocesan archives.
The following series of records can be distinguished:

1. The Generalate
   minutes, correspondence, appointments, constitutional matters, correspondence with Rome (including the Vatican) financial papers;
2. Members
   Personal files of missionaries;
3. The Missions
   work among Afro-Americans in the USA 1875-1975, Pakistan and Kashmir from 1878, Borneo from 1881, Maori Mission in New Zealand from 1887, Uganda from 1894, Congo from 1904, Phillippines from 1905, Caribbean 1920-25,Cameroon from 1921, Kenya from 1924, Sudan 1948-64,Falklands from 1952, Brazil from 1974, Aborigine mission in Australia from 1984;
4. Colleges and houses in Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Austria, Germany and North America; 5. Publications including periodicals such as the St Joseph's Advocate, Millhillania, Central Newsletter periodicals of other missionary societies including the White Fathers, the Holy Ghost Fathers, SMA, Maryknoll, the Comboni fathers and a set of Katholische Missionem , also a collection of published works by members of the society,
5. Photographs - several thousands illustrating the work of the missions in many lands and a number of b/w films.

The collection comprises material and memorabilia of Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, including:
Papers from 1832 to 1903, including pastoral letters and correspondence relating to his acquisition of The Tablet and his notebooks and sermon notes.
Material relating to Vaughan and his family including books by, relating to and about Vaughan, books by and about the Vaughan family, biographical material, books of cuttings from local and national newspapers, collected by Vaughan's Mill Hill neighbour Caroline Hanmer and relating to Vaughan and his work, and other newspaper cuttings.
Artefacts and personal effects such as Vaughan's bishop's hat.
Other material such as material relating to the 1966 centenary of the founding of St Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart for Foreign Missions, and miscellaneous material such as publications on Westminster Cathedral, and information on 18th and 19th century English Catholics.

Publications include bound volumes of mission magazines left by Vaughan, such as: Annals of the Propagation of the Faith (1838-1902) and Illustrated Catholic Missions (a monthly publication that Vaughan helped to found in 1885; incomplete).