The file is a binder. The binder contains thirteen pages of slide-transparencies. Some of the slides are annotated with an order schema.

The file also includes a UPS parcel shipping order dated October 11th 2012. The order states that that the contents of the parcel are pictures of Harold Spence-Sales slides and other materials.

The order was sent to 815 Sherbrook Street West Montreal; McGill's School of Urban Planning. The person who received the package was Dr. Raphael Fischler.

The Harold Spence-Sales fonds at McGill’s Canadian Architecture Collection primarily contains project records related to Harold Spence-Sales' career as an architect and urban planner. The bulk of the records pertain to projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on as well as corresponding financial, administrative and office records.

The fond heavily documents projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on during the 1970s-1980s in British Columbia and in Quebec during the 1940s-1960s. Other projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on across Canada and internationally appear intermittently throughout the fonds. The Oromocto community planning project that Harold Spence-Sales worked on from 1955-1958 in New Brunswick is particularly well documented. Harold Spence-Sales designed Oromocto to be a military town. Before He transformed Oromocto into a military town it was a defunct 19th century shipbuilding town. The Oromocto project is considered one of Harold Spence-Sales most important urban-town planning projects.

Apart from administrative, office and project records, the fonds also contains records that relate to Harold Spence-Sales professional activities outside of his work as an architect and urban planner. For example, awards and honors that he received and records related to his involvement in architectural and urban planning associations. Additional professional activities include: his involvement in creating exhibitions, curating architectural-themed magazines and periodicals as well as copies of publications that he worked on solo and in collaboration with John Bland.

The fonds also contains fourteen boxes of Harold Spence-Sales personal records. The personal records primarily cover Harold Spence-Sales interest in art, creative pursuits, family activities, family genealogy, personal finances, last will and testaments as well as his decline in health and his death. Within the fourteen boxes that have been cataloged as personal records, there are also materials related to Harold Spence-Sales professional activities. For example, awards that Harold Spence-Sales received and records related to exhibitions and artistic projects that he worked on.

Series 2 contains records that documents the professional activities of Harold Spence-Sales that are unrelated to the professional projects that he worked on. Series 2 contains records regarding Harold Spence-Sales activities within professional associations. Series 2 also holds copies of many of the articles and books Harold Spence-Sales wrote as a solo author as well as titles that he collaborated on with John Bland. Series 2 also documents Harold Spence-Sales exhibition interests. Primarily exhibitions that Harold Spence-Sales worked on. Moreover, Series 2 also contains issues of urban planning and architectural publications that were of interest to Harold Spence-Sales.

Series 2 Also contains some records related to Architects Humphrey Carver, Moshe Safdie and Peter Oberlander who were colleagues and friends of Harold Spence-Sales. These records can be found in series 2 subsereies E.

Subseries B consists of records related to Harold Spence-Sales interest in creating exhibitions.

Subseries B primarily consists of records related to Spence-Sales Exhibition; “Touchlines”. Harold Spence-Sales worked on developing the “Touchlines” exhibition from 1989-1991. The exhibition was displayed at Western Washington University from May 10 through July 30, 1992 . The topic of the “Touchlines” exhibition was to portray the common lands along the border between the United States and Canada and the people that pass through them.

In series 1 Subseries F: Audiovisual and artifacts there are several VHS cassette tapes that discuss the "Touchlines" exhibition.

Another Exhibition that is well represented in the fonds is the "Vancouver Parks" exhibition that Harold Spence-Sales worked on in 1988. All files in box C-97-64 are related to the "Vancouver Parks" exhibition in some way.

There are some files that clearly indicate that it contains records related to the "Vancouver Parks" exhibition based on the title. Any file that contains "Vancouver Parks" in the title may be related to the "Vancouver Parks" exhibition.

Series consists of architecture books and periodicals from Spence-Sales's personal library.

The file represents a box. The box contains an assortment of magazines. However, The most recurring titles are l’ARCA, and Architecture and Urbanism.

The magazines in the box have been placed in alphabetical order.

Subseries D consists of a collection of magazines and periodicals that Harold Spence-Sales curated. The topics of the magazines and periodicals pertains to issues in architecture and urban planning.

Many of the magazines and periodicals feature Moshe Safdie; particularly the ones in box C-97-46.

Series 1 contains biographical information; photos of Harold Spence-Sales and family-friends at events as well as genealogy projects. Series 1 also holds a plethora of materials about Spence-Sales death as well as legal documentation. Series 1 also contains materials that relate to Harold Spence-Sales personal interests, primarily his art interests. Series 1 is full of handmade drawings ‘paintings, photographs of sculptures, art pieces and exhibits-exhibitions. The series highlights Spence-sales interest in ancient mythology-culture as well as modern art, nature and natural formations. A lot of the photographs in the series focuses on art projects that Harold Spence-Sales created and displayed at his home. Series 1 also contains correspondence between Harold Spence-Sales, his friends, family and colleagues. Series 1 also holds some personal artifacts of Spence-Sales: Professional stamps, personal flag, certificates etc. Series 1 contains, a variety of textual records, photographs, artifacts, DVD’s, VHS-cassette tapes, images and printouts of art.

Subseries F consists of audiovisual records: cassette tapes, VHS tapes and DVD's that relate to Harold Spence-Sales life events and activities; birthday parties, reward receptions and exhibition projects that he worked on. The Exhibitions that the VHS tapes and DVDs relate to are, "Roof Tops" and "Touchlines"

Subseries F also contains some of Harold Spence-Sales personal artifacts: certificates from professional associations, professional stamps and a flag of his own design etc.

The file contains an interview that Harold Spence-Sales had regarding his Vancouver landscape project as well a profile article about Mary Filer: Topic home of three western Canadian Artists. The file also contains several news paper articles about Harold Spence-Sales death including an obituary from McGill.