The bulk of Eakins' papers concern his work as a geologist and consultant for the mining industry. His Peruvian period is covered by correspondence, reports and newsletters on the San Jose prospect for the Cerro de Pasco Corporation, 1952-1956. His work with Mineral Management Ltd. (1956-1959) is documented by correspondence on mining investments and exploration. There are also files raised by Eakins for his reports on the Axel Heiberg Island project, 1962-1969 and Eakins' participation in the first Canadian workshop on "Education in the Earth Sciences" (Sudbury 1971), and the International Geological Conference of 1972. There is also correspondence, memoranda and notes relating to the history of geology at McGill and in Québec, and some correspondence with Geology Department staff members and students.

This file contains newspapers, newsletters and books expressing communist, anti-imperial, anti-fascist and socialist political ideas. Newspapers include copies of the McGill Marxist-Leninist Daily, McGill Student Front, Solidarity, McGill Student, Canadian Student, Publications of the Internationalists, World Revolutionary Youth, Vers la liberation, Literature and Ideology, Student Front, Revolutionary Alternative, Marxist-Leninist Weekly, Science News, IOPQ Weekly News Bulletin, Le Patriote Rouge, Mass Line, La Chine en construction = China Reconstructs, and China Pictorial. Books include operas, short stories and book of art published by Afro-Asian Writers' Bureau and the Foreign Languages Press, Peking.

This file contains two documents related to the activities of the McGill Chinese Students' Society: a cultural exhibition flyer and a copy of the Society's quarterly publication

This file contains McGill Faculty of Management newsletters: December 1969, November 1970, October 1971, October 1972, October 1973, April 1974, November 1978, April 1980, October 1981, October 1982, September 1983, October 1984, September 1987, Fall 1988, Fall 1989, Fall 1992 (2 copies), Fall 1993, spring 1995, Spring 1996, Spring 1997, Fall/Winter 1998 (2 copies), Spring 1999 (2 copies), Fall/Winter 1999-2000, Spring 2000, Spring/Summer 2001 (2 copies). Also includes booklet about The Samuel Bronfman Building Booklet, Approximately 1974.

This file contains a McGill University School of Architecture Newsletter: January 1986. McGill School of Architecture letter to alumni: 23 November 1970, October 1971, October 1972, October 1973, November 1974.

This file contains McGill in Focus: Agricultural and Environmental Sciences: November 1971, September 1985, October 1986, September 1987, October 1988, Fall 1989, Winter 1991-1992, Fall 1992 (3 copies), Spring 1993 (2 copies), Fall 1993 (2 copies), Fall 1994, Spring 1996, Spring 1997 (2 copies), Summer 1997, Summer 1998, Fall 1999, Spring 2000 (2 copies), Summer 2000 (2 copies), Fall 2001, Winter 2001 (2 copies), Fall 2002, Summer 2003 (2 copies), Fall 2003.

This file contains McGill Faculty of Medicine newsletters, 1971-2005. Department of Occupational Health - Faculty of Medicine: Spring 1994, Fall 1994. Montreal Neurological Institute: Winter 2000. McGill in Focus: Medicine: October 1971, October 1972, October 1973, March 1977, September 1978, April 1979, April 1980, September 1980, Spring 1992, Spring 1995, Spring 1997 (2 copies), Spring 1998 (2 copies), Spring 1999 (2 copies), Spring 2001, Winter 2001-2002 (2 copies), Summer 2002 (2 copies), Spring 2003 (2 copies), Autumn 2003 (2 copies), Winter 2003 (2 copies), Spring 2004 (2 copies), Autumn 2004 (2 copies), Spring 2005. Also includes subscription card for Macdonald Journal.

This file contains McGill Faculty of Engineering newsletters: October 1971, October 1972, November 1973, January 1975, November 1976, October 1977, September 1980, September 1981, October 1982, August 1983, October 1984, September 1985, September 1986, September 1987, October 1988, Fall 1989, Fall 1990, Fall 1994, Fall 1995 (2 copies), Spring 2004 (2 copies), Fall 2004, Spring 2005 (2 copies), Fall/Winter 2005 (2 copies), Summer 2006 (2 copies). Dean's Report: Summer 2007, Summer 2008 (2 copies), Spring 2009 (2 copies), Fall 2010 (2 copies).

This file contains McGill Faculty of Dentistry newsletters, 1971-2011. Faculty of Dentistry newsletter: October 1971, October 1972, October 1973, November 1974, October 1975, December 1976, May 1977, April 1978, September 1979, September 1980, September 1981, September 1983, September 1985, October 1986, September 1987, October 1988, Fall 1989, Summer 1992, Spring 1993, Spring 1994, Spring 1995 (2 copies), Spring 1997, 2003-2004, Spring 2007. Focus: Medicine: Spring 2011.

This file contains flyers, newsletters, and newspapers produced by various organizations. Papers and organizations include Children of God, The Partisan, The Central Dogma, Copernicus Exhibition Committee, Chile Newsletter, McGill Student Movement