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McGill University Archives McGill University Archives Collection Series
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Artifacts

This series contains artifacts created by McGill University or created by commercial manufacturers for McGill between roughly 1800 and 2015. Many items in this series are undated.

This series is described at the item level. Includes medals, pins, tobacco tins and humidors, trophies, bottles and mugs, commemorative spoons, matchbooks, and other objects.

Textiles

This series contains textiles created by McGill University, McGill students, or McGill student societies between roughly 1907 and 2006. Many items in this series are undated.

This series is described at the item level. Includes T-shirts, textile patches, cardigans, blazers, pillow cases, tobacco silks, neckties, a jacket, a cap, and a banner.

Audiovisual materials

This series contains audiovisual material created by McGill University and McGill student societies between 1949 and 2003. Most are recordings of theatrical or musical performances, or university ceremonies such as the awarding of honorary degrees.

This series is described at the item level. Series includes audio diskettes (CDs), vinyl records, and VHS cassettes.

Graphic materials

This series contains graphic materials depicting McGill students, staff, and buildings, created between 1857 and 1993. Also includes some photos of views of Montreal.

This series is described at the file level. Graphic materials include photographs, prints of lithographs and engravings, slides, stereoscopic photos, cartes-de visite, architectural drawings, original sketches, and some printing plates and blocks.

Scrapbooks and notebooks

This series contains scrapbooks and notebooks created by McGill students, their families, and McGill student organizations between 1870 and 2001.

This series is described at the item level. Student scrapbooks contain photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera such as programmes and invitations that document the student’s life and studies while they were at McGill. Student notebooks contain drawings, notes, photographs, and reports created by McGill students as part of their coursework. Scrapbooks and notebooks of McGill student organizations contain schedules, notes, photographs, press clippings, programmes, and sketches related to the organizations’ activities.

Ephemera

This series contains ephemera created by McGill University, McGill-affiliated student groups, and local organizations between 1855 and 2018. Also includes commercially-produced material whose subject is McGill.

This series is described at the file level. Includes flyers, programmes, brochures and pamphlets, postcards, invitations, tickets, posters, membership cards, greeting cards, dance cards, and other materials.

Documents

This series contains McGill publications, student publications, published material about McGill, and some unpublished material, representing the activities of McGill’s students and staff between 1838 and 2019.

This series is described at the file level. McGill publications include calendars, reports, handbooks, directories, newsletters, promotional materials, texts of speeches, academic publications, and other similar material. Student publications include yearbooks, newspapers, handbooks, songbooks, literary journals, magazines and newsletters, biographies, histories, and other documents. Published material about McGill consists of clippings from newspapers and magazines. Unpublished material includes correspondence and some fliers.