About half of Donald's papers consist of diaries giving brief daily records of his professional and sometimes personal activities from 1918 to 1981. The remaining files fall into two series. Essays and addresses, 1919-1962, largely on economic aspects of the chemical industry, were addressed to professional organizations and commercial bodies such as the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Canadian Chemical Association, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and the Industrial Development Board of Manitoba. More informal speeches include a radio talk on jobs in the chemical industry, 1938. Personal materials comprise some family, legal and investment records, 1940-1952, and undergraduate essay on medieval universities, 1910, correspondence related to an annuity fund set up by Donald for Jessie Henderson, secretary and librarian of McGill's Chemistry Department (1946-1961), and a file of press releases and congratulatory letters on Donald's receipt of the Chemical Industry Medal, 1952-1953.

Bovey's papers document his involvement with a number of organizations, his political, literary, and military careers, and his travels. His files as president of the Canadian Handicrafts Guild, 1930-1936, include reports, correspondence and speeches, while those connected with the Canadian Legion Educational Services also include photographs and printed material, 1939-1946. The C.B.C. series comprises programmes, draft speeches and letters, 1936-1944. His political correspondents include St. Laurent and MacKenzie King, 1940-1944. Speeches made by Bovey before the Legislative Council, business and other groups discuss a wide range of political, social and educational issues are supplemented by clipping files on Québec politics. Bovey's literary ventures generated correspondence and book reviews, as well as manuscript poems, 1939-1941, n.d., while his World War I military service is the subject of a small file of correspondence, 1915-1953. Finally, Bovey assembled scrapbooks of photographs and souvenirs of his voyages between 1930 and 1939. For Bovey's files as director of Extra-Mural Relations and Extension at McGill, see McGill Administrative Records, Record Group 44.

An address on "The primitive use of poisons" read before the Osler Society in 1921.

Fonds consists of a corrected typescript of The Power and the Glory: an outsider looks at biology," as well as copies of an article and three other speeches.

This file contains text of an address given by Hans Blumenfeld, a Planning Consultant to the Metro Toronto Planning Board, Service d'Urbanisme de la Ville de Montreal and Metro Toronto and Region Transportation Study at the Montreal Parks and Playgrounds Association, Incorporated annual meeting on February 18, 1965.

This file contains a programme for the commemoration of the centenary of teaching in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Includes preface, Order of Service and text of speeches given at the ceremony.

This file contains a book, "The State in Society: A series of public lectures delivered under the auspices of McGill University, Montreal, January 23, 1939-February 10, 1939." Lecturers include Robert Warren, Leo Wolman, Henry Clay, and Baron Tweedsmuir.

This file contains two copies of a booklet of two addresses given at Moyse Hall on April 20, 1945: George H.T. Kimble "The craft of the geographer" and Leigh W. Bladon "Thoughts on mining engineering." One copy has Anne Skelton's name and address written on the front in pencil, the other bears a McGill University Clinic, Royal Victoria Hospital stamp and a stamp of the signature of J.C. Meakins.