The fonds consists chiefly of student notebooks kept by F. Clarke Fraser while an undergraduate at Acadia University during the late 1930s-1940. They represent a variety of subjects, including zoology, physics, mathematics, and biology. Two notebooks date from his Med IV year (1949-1950) at McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine, one with ophthalmology lab and clinical notes and reading and lecture notes, and one an obstetrical diary from the Montreal Maternity Hospital. Also included is a later reprint of an article (published 1957), loose notes, and a photograph of F. Clarke Fraser and a companion dining at the Montreal restaurant Au lutin qui bouffe, famous for its resident piglet, which restaurant-goers were often photographed holding and feeding.

The fonds contains the majority of the drawings and papers of Montreal architect and landscape architect John Schreiber, who was a professor in the School of Architecture at McGill from 1953 to 1987. These documents constitute a rich treasure of original design work, expressed in draughtsmanship of great virtuosity. John Schreiber’s work is an example of the contribution to Canadian architecture and landscape architecture of a generation of Europeans who, leaving that war-shattered continent in the late forties and fifties, found an appreciative and fertile ground for their talents and ambitions in Canada. The two hundred and thirty four projects represented in the Schreiber fonds span half a century of work and are documented in more than four thousand plans and drawings, hundreds of photographs and close to six linear metres of textual files.

The fonds comprises nine series (including seven main categories of information) of records on the life and career of Frederick B. Taylor. It is the largest collection to date on Frederick B. Taylor. Biographical Information includes an excerpt from an unpublished autobiographical manuscript, Essays includes works such as "Reflections on painting Stephen Leacock", Photographs includes both professional and social snapshots. Two main facets of the Archive which hold particular interest are Works and Correspondence. Works includes over 1550 reproductions of Taylor's work. This selection is a cross-section of Taylor's artistic mediums and includes painting (landscape, industrial, portrait, still-life), etching, drawing, sculpture as well as six original prints and seven original canvases located at McGill University. Correspondence comprises some 2000 letters, documents or memorandums, spans from the early 1920s up until Taylor's death in 1987 and is divided into professional and personal series. The professional series focuses primarily on the relationships Taylor held with various private galleries and exhibitors of his work including the Klinkhoff, Kastel and Dominion Galleries in Montreal, the Roberts Gallery in Toronto as well as numerous Canadian public galleries and museums which remain repositories of Taylor's work, among them the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. The personal section demonstrates Taylor's substantial and often life-long relationships with his family and friends, among them, artists André Bieler, Alan Harrison and Carl Allen Smart as well as Paul Wakefield and Colin Wyatt.

The fonds contains correspondence related to the Osler Library and its holdings with people such as Maude Abbott, Edward Archibald, William B. Bean, Edward Horton Bensley, Archibald Malloch, Casey Wood, as well as John Farquhar Fulton, Keeper of the Medical History Collections at Yale University's library; the fonds also contains a typescript of talks by W.W. Francis (titled "Showman's Patter") about books and other items held in the Osler Library.

The fonds contains photographs, drawings, textual records, and other material used by France Gagnon Pratte as the basis for her 1987 book, "Country Houses for Montrealers, 1892 - 1924: The Architecture of E. and W.S. Maxwell". There are also records related to a book project on the architecture associated with the Canadian Pacific Railway Line.

The fonds documents Judith Fitzgerald’s personal and professional activities as a journalist, poet, and country music enthusiast, put together by Fitzgerald herself, documenting her work from the years 1965 to 1995. The majority of the records consists of research about individuals and musical acts, as well as other work-related projects that Fitzgerald was involved in. These include notes, drafts, and published work written by Fitzgerald, as well as various publications that she collected about the subjects and projects she worked on. The fonds also notably includes Fitzgerald’s creative work, including notes, drafts, manuscripts, and copies of her published books of poetry. Other materials include correspondence between Fitzgerald and friends, publishers, and individuals and institutions that she covered in her research. In addition, the fonds includes some financial records and personal records relating to Fitzgerald’s day-to-day activities and significant events in her life. These records include her marriage certificate, scrapbooks containing collected publications on herself, and notes on her autobiography.

The fonds consists of literary works composed by Farkas, including scripts, manuscripts, poems, and plays. The records reflect Farkas’ involvement within the arts community, as well as many works relating to Canadian culture, specifically in Quebec. Farkas’ records span from 1952 until 2016. Locations that are reflected in Farkas’ works are Canada and Hungary.

No discernable order has been detected except for boxes 7 and 8 where poems are sorted alphabetically. The records have been filed into series which are detailed below. There are photographs, personal correspondence, translations of other poems and audiovisual materials (cassettes, CDs and DVDs). There are large amounts of correspondence with other artists and performers in both Canada and Europe, another reflection of his involvement within the community. The series listing is as follows: 1) Correspondence, 2) Manuscripts, 3) Poems & Poetry, 4) Reviews, 5) Scripts & Performance Pieces, 6) Translations, 7) Vehicule, 8) Works by other authors, 9) Mixed media, 10) An Evening in the Muses’ Company and 11) Photographs and visual materials.

The fonds consists of Scobie’s personal records relating to his career as a prominent author, poet and critic in Canada between 1966 and 1989. The bulk of the records consists of his written materials; manuscripts and drafts of published and unpublished poetry, novels, short stories, critical writings, including annotated drafts of his books on bpNichol and Leonard Cohen, as well as various notes, both typed and handwritten, unproduced film scripts and a libretto. The files also include some peripheral and administrative documents relating to his publications, such as book sales receipts, royalty agreements, and reviews, as well as promotional materials relating to lectures, poetry readings and other events. Other materials include correspondence between Scobie and friends, publishers, and other organizations and individuals, as well as selected editions of White Pelican, a literary journal that Scobie edited, from 1971-1973.

"Architectural drawings", 56 projects are represented in this archive including:
1947 - MCGILL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY (Thesis design)
1948 - STUDIEN BLATT (student work)
1950 - ERE, Mr. L. / Residence, St. Lambert
1950 - DUNBAR, Mr. G. / Residence, Chateauguay Heights, QC
1953-59 PHILLIPS HOUSE / Renovation 1953, 54, 55, 58, 59
1953-59 CENTRAL HOUSING & MORTAGE 1953, 54, 56, 58, 59
1954 - BRETT, Mr. & Mrs. John / Proposed house, Hudson, QC
1955 - SPIRODEX HOUSE / Proposed
1955 - HAND, E. / House, Baie d’Urfe, QC
1955 - PARISH OF STE. ANNE, Baie d’Urfe, QC
1956-71 ST. GEORGE (High) School, Montreal 1956, 57, 69, 71
1957 - INTER-CITY TRANSPORT / Warehouse
1962 - LAKEHOUSE UNITARIAN CHURCH (Playhouse for Nursery School)
1962-81- AFFLECH HOUSE, Libbytown additions 1962, 63, 78, 80, 81
1963 - MONTREAL CONCERT HALL (and others)
1967 - EXPOSITION UNIVERSAL CANADIENNE
1967 - FISCH, Mr. G. G. / Residence, Ste. Agathe, QC
1973-74 HARRISON, Mr. G. / House, Mont Tremblant, QC
1974 - THE BONDMANS BARN
1974 - INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOSYNTHESIS
1976 - BLAKE, Mr. & Mrs. Ken / House
1977 - HARVEY/ Residence
1977 - TILDEN / Residence Greenhouse
1977 - PORCH ENCLOSURE, 20 Anworth
1977 - HEATH, Mr. P. / House, Stanstead, QC
1974-77- ARCOP ASSOCIATION / Office renovation, 1440 Ste. Catherine O.
1977- RESIDENCE, corner Mount Pleasant & Montrose avenues. Proposed Kitchen Layout 77
1978 - THEATRE, St.Denis, Montreal, QC
1978 - COHEN, Diane / House alterations, Hatley, QC
1978-80 MARITIME MUSEUM, Halifax, NS
n.d.- AFFLECK HOUSE / 16 George’s St., Westmount, QC
1980-83- BIRD, Mr. & Mrs. F. / Kitchen
1986 - Happy recovery Wishes from all Macdonald dwellers
1983-84- HODGSON HOUSE & KENT HOUSE, Hatley (Massawhippi)
1984 - UNIDENTIFIED SKETCHES (4)
1984 - STUDIES FOR OFFICE building, etc. , Sherbrooke, Mansfield, Metcalfe
1984-86 MCGILL UNIVERSITY / Project
1985 - ALDO HOUSE, Lake Champlain, NY
1985 - ROYAL BANK / Proposed extension, Saskatoon, SK
1985-86 SHEARD HOUSE (Preliminaries)
1986 - ALCAN BERKELEY CONTROL GATE
1986 - RENOVATION to 26 Apple-Hill, Baie d’Urfe, QC
1986 - NO 1 WOOD AVENUE CONDOMINIUM, Westmount, QC
1964 1985 - PLACE BONAVENTURE (General, South & West Plaza)
1987 - PLACE BONAVENTURE / Renovation
n.d.- BANKERS HALL
n.d. - BEDROOKE, E.P. / House, Beaurepaire, QC
n.d.- DEVONSHIRE SCHOOL
n.d.- HIGH MEADOWS FARM, Georgeville, QC
n.d.- ITC PALA CENTER, Calcutta
n.d.- MONTREAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTTRA, McGill College, Montreal, QC
n.d.- PHILLIPS, Mr. & Mrs. / House
n.d.- PLACE VILLE MARIE, Montréal, QC
n.d.- TEXACO GAS STATION, Dorval, QC
n.d.- TITLE BLOCK M (Opti négatives), Master les Cours Montréal

The fonds consists of books, letters, documents, drafts, publications, photographs, and several artifacts collected by W. W. Francis and Marian Francis Kelen over the course of their lifetimes. Many books and documents relate to Sir William Osler and the Osler family including several personal letters, the Deed of Trust documents regarding the Bibliotheca Osleriana, drafts of Osler's works, and a wooden travelling trunk that belonged to Edward Revere Osler. The fonds also includes original poetry written by Marian Osborne, W. W. Francis, and Marian Francis Kelen.