Subseries G consists of records dealing with end of life matters, including wills and financial bequests (Box C-97-58), and records related to Harold Spence-Sales death; obituaries, tributes, memorial and funeral service information, DVDs, death certificate, cremation certificate, last will and testament, and correspondence between Mary Filer-Spence-Sales and friends and family regarding Harold’s death (Boxes C-97-60 and C-97-61). Box C-97-62C contains notebooks related to Harold Spence-Sales's care towards the end of his life .

Subseries G also includes eleven notebooks and two folders. The notebooks and folders date between 1999 and 2004; they were written by Harold Spence-Sales nurses and care takers. The notebooks document Harold Spence-Sales health, dietary and medical issues (Boxes C-97-60 and C-97-61).

Subseries A consists of records related to Harold Spence-Sales activities within professional associations: the Ontario Professional Planners Institute, the Community Planning Association of Canada, the Corporation of Urbanites Quebec, the Quebec Society of Professional Town Planners, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the Town Planning Institute of Canada and the group Lambda Alpha International. Subseries A also encompasses records regarding events that Harold Spence-Sales attended. Events such as, McGill School Architecture, celebrations, award ceremonies as well as various professional conferences and lectures.

Subseries C consists of records related to Harold Spence-Sales artistic interests. Subseries C contains photographs of sculptures, art pieces, nature and natural formations. Series C also contains drawings, sketches and printouts of images. Subseries C also includes records related to Harold's interest in music and horticultural activities.

Subseries E consists of correspondence between Harold Spence-Sales and his family, friends and professional organizations. Subseries E also contains newspaper articles regarding issues in art and architecture.

The file primarily contains concept and development booklets for many of the development projects carried out by Genstar: Tod Inlet, South Surrey Center, and Castle Downs.

Subseries A consists of financial records that pertain to Harold Spence-Sales professional activities; contracts, estimations for projects, service fees, business expenses, grants and business statements.

Subseries A also contains of records that are of an administrative nature that are unrelated to financial expenses but are related to professional responsibilities. Administrative records contain publicity materials, research, correspondence and various kinds reports that were sent to Harold Spence-Sales throughout the course of his work as an urban planner that he may not have directly contributed to.

Series 4 consists of records related to Harold Spence-Sales administrative activities. Activities such as, financial calculations for various aspects of professional projects. Other records that are administrative in nature in series 4 is the curation of materials around projects. Materials such as, newspaper, articles advertisements, brochures etc. related to projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on.

Series 4 also contains records related to project planning. For example, reports and presentation slides. Reports contain information that Harold Spence-Sales wrote or was written by others in order to bring projects from the planning stages to actuality.

Series 4 also contains visual materials; primarily slide-transparencies that Harold Spence-Sales organized in order to help him understand and identify physical features of the land for the urban-town panning projects that he worked on.

The file contains correspondence between Harold Spence-Sales and Michael Findlay. Findlay, primarily asked Spence-Sales, for details about his career. Spence-Sales sent Findlay his resume and answered his questions about getting started in Architecture.

Subseries B consists of personal notebooks, calendars, and agendas. Many of these contain sketches, drawings, and handwritten notes. Notebooks and agendas appear to have been used to record thoughts and personal observations. The sketches and drawings are mostly architectural in nature. The agendas also record some personal appointments.

Series 3 consists of records related to architectural and urban development projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on as an urban planner between the years 1950-1992. The majority of the projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on between the years 1950-1992 were in Canada. There also a few projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on in the United States of America as well as the Fiji Islands. The series contains: various kinds of graphic and cartographic records: Maps, sketches, drawings, architectural drawings, diagrams, photographs, concept plans, blueprints, slides-transparencies and textual records.

The following is a list of what is objectively some of the major projects that Harold Spence Sales worked on based on the fonds content.

1. Oromocto (Date: 1956-1958) New Brunswick.
   Oromocto is a town located in Sunbury County New Brunswick. Harold Spence-Sales was the primary urban planner that worked on the project. Oromocto was designed by Harold Spence-Sales to be a military town. Before Harold Spence-Sales redeveloped Oromocto it was a defunct shipbuilding town.

2. Castle Downs (Date: 1976-1979) Edmonton Alberta Canada.

Castle Downs is a large residential area in Edmonton Alberta. Harold Spence-Sales played a fundamental role as an urban planner in developing Castle Downs.

3. Preville (Date 1950s). Quebec Canada.

Preville is a residential neighborhood located in St. Lambert Quebec. Harold Spence-Sales worked on residential and urban development projects in Preville in the 1950s. In this particular series the chief form of records are slide-transparencies.

4. Glen Abbey Oakville Ontario Canada.

Glen Abbey is a community-town that Harold Spence Sales worked on developing. The community-town of Glen Abbey was built around the famous Glen Abbey Golf Course in Oakville Ontario. The Glen Abbey Golf Course was built in 1976.

5. Mount Bruno. (Date: 1966 – 1969). Quebec Canada.

Mount Bruno is located in the Monteregian Hills which is fourteen miles east of Montreal, Quebec. The focus of the project was residential and urban development as well as creating a mountain park in the northern part of Mount Bruno.

6. Saanich Peninsula, Victoria, Vancouver and other areas in British Columbia. (Dates: 1960, 1963, 1970 -1978, 1982).

Primarily between the years 1971 and 1982 Harold Spence-Sales was working on projects in British Columbia. In particular, Harold Spence-Sales worked on projects in the greater Victoria City area, Saanich peninsula and the Greater Vancouver Regional District. The areas of the Saanich Peninsula that Harold Spence-Sales worked on are fairly close to Victoria City. It is likely that Harold Spence-Sales was working on projects in Victoria, Vancouver and parts of the Saanich peninsula simultaneously. A goal to develop and expand British Columbia was an apparent objective. The projects relate to urban, tourist, residential and population development.

7. Midnapore, Glenmore and County Hills (Dates: 1967, 1974 – 1982). Calgary Alberta Canada.

Harold Spence-Sales worked on several projects in Calgary; a city in Alberta Canada. The projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on relate to urban and residential development in both the Northern (County Hills1979-1972) and Southern parts of Calgary (Midnapore 1974-1978). In 1967, Harold Spence-Sales worked on an urban-residential development project in the intercity area of Calgary called Glenmore.

8. Personal projects.

The archive holds records regarding some of the personal projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on.

1. 1107 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver Dates: Approximately 1982 – 1983.

1107 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver was Mary Filer and Harold Spence-Sales home and art studio; they purchased the property in 1982. Before Harold and Mary purchased and renovated 1107 West 7th Avenue Vancouver it was the Purdy Chocolate Factory. The Purdy Chocolate Factory was in operation from 1949-1982.

If interested in learning more about about 1107 West 7th Avenue Please look at Subseries E - Other planning materials as several records related to the project have been cataloged there.

2. 578 Beatty Street Vancouver Dates approximately 1976 – 1984.

578 Beatty street belonged to Earl Filer; Harold Spence-Sales father-in-law. The records provide evidence that Harold Spence-Sales was helping his father in law sell the property to B.C transit. There is also a little bit of family activity documented in the records.