This series contains McGill publications, student publications, published material about McGill, and some unpublished material, representing the activities of McGill’s students and staff between 1838 and 2019.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 Unpublished material includes correspondence and some fliers.

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.

This series consists of materials related to William Feindel’s research and writing on various topics. Several records document Feindel’s research on neurological topics such as on the brain and mind, the amygdale, and red veins. Moreover, records demonstrate Feindel’s research interests in the history of medicine, and the work of William Osler, Wilder Penfield, and Thomas Willis. The series also reflects the work Feindel did on the history of the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) and various conferences and workshops held at the MNI in which he participated. Also included are documents related to Feindel’s appointments to professional associations and an entire sub series consisting of correspondence on an assortment of research topics.

The largest and most comprehensive series is conference papers and lectures with most of the presentations taking place in Canada, Australia and the United States, many with separate speech and shorter slide summaries. The subjects covered include AIDS, medical ethics, and euthanasia, and reflect the range of Somerville’s interest in ethical issues.

The personal matters/family series is the most varied one, documenting family life through correspondence and photographs and personal life through awards and honours from both Canada and Australia. Also there are records reflecting her interest in cats and the art community, particularly the artist Jacques Deshaies.

This series consists of general filing materials, the bulk of which is dated 2009-2016, and includes correspondence, Quebec Bar Association Membership, reference letters, royalty statements, and research notes for The Ethical Canary. These files are no longer integrated into particular series due to changes in office management.

This series contains subject files including some professional consultations on ethical issues such as AIDS, same-sex marriage, pain management, euthanasia, health care policy, and blood systems as well as research notes on drug abuse, immigration, the Cross Culture Project and Bill C-203.

This series documents the writing activities of Sharma between 1962 and 2015. It includes published works, unpublished works and working material, used as background.

The substantial writing/ publishing activities series covers most of her academic career in Canada, 1979-2015 and provides worked drafts of her most substantial publications including The Ethical Canary: Science, Society and the Human Spirit, Death Talk: the Case against Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide and 2006 CBC Massey Lectures, The Ethical Imagination: Journeys of the Human Spirit. The range of her publishing activities is also represented by many examples of letters to the editor as an ethical activist on issues such as euthanasia, AIDS, human rights and biotechnology. Also included are draft copies of her book The Ethical Canary in various translations.

This series consists of teaching materials, including lecture notes, from Somerville’s comparative medical law course and advanced torts course at McGill University. Also included are files pertaining to student supervision.