Fonds consists of photographs and other items that document the early career of Isadore Hirshberg while studying medicine at McGill University from 1909-1914, including 60 album-sized photographs, a framed group photograph of Hirshberg and Montreal General Hospital residents, Hirshberg's framed provincial medical certificate, and two certificates of residency. Subjects include Hirshberg and classmates; campus and student life; photographs of staff, doctors, and nurses in hospital settings, including two photographs of John McCrae at the Alexandra Hospital; and various views of McGill medical buildings and hospitals, including the new medical building at the time of construction in 1910, the Royal Victoria Hospital around 1910, and the Western Hospital in 1913. Two photographs features the medical school janitor James "King" Cook, a fixture of the school and a favorite with the students from the late 19th through the early 20th centuries. His wife was Frank Buller's housekeeper during Osler's time. Fonds also includes a large framed group photograph, Resident Medical Staff/Montreal General Hospital/1914-1915 by Wm. Notman & Son and Hirshberg's Quebec medical license issued by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Quebec and dated July 1914. Descriptions of the photographs where present are in Hirshberg's hand except in cases in which there were additional descriptions in the album. These were copied in pencil on the verso of the related photograph.
Fonds contains "The journal of an English lady; or letters descriptive of the continent during the years 1829 and 1830" to which have been added water-colour illustrations by the author.
These records consist of photocopies of a few records, namely the constitution, 1973, committee minutes, 1980, and a reseach project application, 1980.
The fonds consists of student notes and printed course hand-outs, both from Acadia University - 1942-1944 and from McGill - 1947-1950. The subjects covered include Chemistry, Zoology, Geography, Genetics and Psychology with some additional notes for Anatomy and Physics. One note book consists of original compositions .
"Architectural Drawings, 1913, 39 drawings." The design of the Stanley Street Presbyterian Church, located at the corner of Westmount Avenue and Victoria Avenue in Westmount, PQ, is documented by drawings.
"Dessins architecturaux, 1913, 39 dessins." Le projet de construction de la Stanley Street Presbyterian Church située à l'angle de la rue Westmount et de l'avenue Victoria à Westmount (Québec) est documenté par des dessins.
"Architectural Drawings, 1937, 13 drawings." Copies of drawings of the plan, elevations and sections of the Redpath Museum as well as drawings for a house and store for Alfred Joyce on Philips Square in Montreal are found in the archive. Gilbert Caron, MMFA
"Dessins architecturaux, 1937, 13 dessins." Le fonds comprend des copies de dessins de plans, d'élévations et de coupes du musée Redpath ainsi que des dessins d'une maison et d'un magasin commandés par Alfred Joyce au square Philips de Montréal.
"Architectural Drawings, 1913, 31 drawings." Untitled ink and watercolour student drawings of sculptural and architectural details are found in the archive.
"Dessins architecturaux, 1913, 5 dessins." Aquarelles et dessins à l'encre sans titre réalisés par McLennan à l'époque où il était étudiant et représentant des détails de sculpture et d'architecture.
Research materials for the Currie biography comprise 8 cm of copies of Currie's correspondence, largely from the post-war years, and 4 cm of copies of replies from military men to Urquhart's appeals for information about Currie, 1934-1949.
