File consists of one undated blue notebook with manuscript half-title page: "Catalogue of Books, Maps, & Papers bearing on the North Western Part of British North America." Two leaves of loose notes and drawings laid in at end.
File consists of 52 letters dating from 1900 (one fragment). Mostly family letters from Margaret and Anna, as well as Rankine. Many letters discuss the autobiography of Sir William Dawson.
File consists of 43 letters dating from 1899, chiefly family correspondence with many letters from acquaintances and colleagues upon the death of George's father, Sir William Dawson.