File consists of architectural drawings for urban house (alterations to living room), including 3 development drawings (plan, elevations), 1 working drawing (living room), and 3 detail drawings (radiator enclosures, woodwork of pilasters, fireplace, living room).

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.