File consists of 52 letters dating from 1900 (one fragment). Mostly family letters from Margaret and Anna, as well as Rankine. Many letters discuss the autobiography of Sir William Dawson.
File includes 17 letters chiefly on scientific and professional topics, including correspondence with R. Kidston, G. Baden-Powell, J. Anderson, J. G. Colmer, and Frank Dawson Adams. Also includes one letter from Anna Harrington,
File consists of 43 letters dating from 1899, chiefly family correspondence with many letters from acquaintances and colleagues upon the death of George's father, Sir William Dawson.
File includes materials related to the British Association for the Advancement of Science: 1) Excursion to the Pacific Coast; 2) 67th Annual Meeting; 3) Supplementary List of Resident and Non-resident; 4) Second List of Resident and Non-resident; and 5) newspaper clipping.
File includes Behring Sea confidential reports: Professor D'Arcy Thompson to the Marquess of Salisbury, March 1897 (39 pages); G.E.H. Barrett-Hamilton to the Marquess of Salisbury, 1897 (57 pages); Marquess of Salisbury to Sir Johnson Pauncefote, 1897 (3 pages); and notes on Prof. Jordan's preliminary report.