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Series consists of records pertaining to Allen B. Aylesworth's practice of law and the administration of his law office. Records include his original articles of clerkship, Law Society of Upper Canada practice certificates, a selection of cancelled business cheques, and a sample of law firm letterhead.

Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by Sir Allen B. Aylesworth. These records are primarily correspondence and legal opinions pertaining to his work and activities between 1911 and 1920 after his retirement as a Member of Parliament. Also included are documents relating to his legal education and certification as a lawyer, a selection of collected 19th-century legal documents, and some correspondence concerning his social activities and domestic matters.

Item is an agreement made between Toronto lawyer William Glenholme Falconbridge, John Bell Aylesworth and his son, Allen B. Aylesworth, placing Allen B. Aylesworth as a law clerk of Falconbridge for a period of three years. The agreement details the requirements and obligations of each party, and it is signed by the three parties and witnessed by John Payne, who also signs an included affidavit.

Item is a blank piece of letterhead from the law firm of Aylesworth, Garden, Stuart & Thompson.

File consists of cancelled cheques written by Aylesworth from his Ontario Bank account between 1901 and 1907, including a cheque written to his son, lawyer Featherston Aylesworth.

File consists of handwritten and typescript notes written by Aylesworth pertaining to an appeal by defendants in a judgment of the Supreme Court of Alberta concerning a contract for the building of a railway and railway stations in Alberta.

Series consists of certificates and commissions issued to Allen B. Aylesworth pertaining to his legal certifications and career, including his Osgoode Hall Law School diploma and commissions appointing him a Queen's Counsel in Ontario and Canada.

Item is a commission appointing Aylesworth one of Her Majesty's "counsel learned in the law", signed by Secretary of State Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau and Deputy Minister of Justice Robert Sedgewick.

Item is a commission appointing Ayleswroth one of Her Majesty's "counsel learned in the law" for the Province of Ontario.

Item is a commission permitting Allen B. Aylesworth to practice law in the Ontario Court of the Queen's Bench. The commission is signed by Robert Alexander Harrison, Adam Wilson and John Douglas Armour.

Item is a conveyance issued from Rev. Henry James Grasett, Clarke Gamble and James K. Kerr to Thomas Moss pertaining to the purchase of burial plots in St. James' Cemetery, Toronto. The conveynance details the location of the plots and the purchase price.

Series consists of correspondence sent and received by Allen B. Aylesworth pertaining to a wide variety of topics, including Liberal Party politics, social and legal events, commercial, financial, and domestic matters, the First World War, and his role as a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Correspondents include fellow lawyers, politicians, tradesmen, family members and legal clients.

File consists of correspondence and telegrams sent to Aylesworth by Lord Finlay regarding his 1919 visit to Canada.

File consists of correspondence between Aylesworth and Alfred W. Savary regarding Nova Scotian lawyer and politician James W. Johnston and the erection of a monument in his memory.

File consists of correspondence between Aylesworth and Allen D. Detlor, who was assisted by Aylesworth's law firm in receiving his discharge certificates and a gratuity payment from the government.

File consists of correspondence between Aylesworth and Quebec lawyer David C. Patterson, vice-president of the Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada, regarding Aylesworth's fee for his legal opinion rendered to the company.

File consists of a draft letter written by Aylesworth to Edward Grey congratulating him on a Foreign Office (UK) appointment, as well as Grey's reply.

File consists of correspondence exchanged between Aylesworth and E.L. Newcombe, the Deputy Minister of Justice, pertaining to a debate in the House of Commons about the payment of Newcombe's outstanding account for fees earned in government work.

File consists of correspondence between Aylesworth and Fred M. Ackerson, the president of The Civic Club of Niagara Falls, New York, regarding an invitation to a club dinner meeting. Aylesworth's reply declining the request makes reference to his almost complete deafness and consequent retirement from public life.