This file contains falconry equipment from approximately 1920-1936 crafted by Otto Kals and Captain R. L. Meredith for Dr. Casey A. Wood for McGill’s Redpath Library. Within this file are two lures, one three-fingered glove, eight exhibit cards, three falcon bells, three item labels, and nine hoods. Three of these hoods were fashioned in the styles of Anglo-Indian, Indian, and Dutch. The contents of the original container have been respected in their rehousing.

This file contains a taxidermy young peregrine falcon in training leashed to a weathering block and wearing falconry equipment including a hood, a bell, 2 jesses, 1 swivel, a U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey identification band ,which shows legal acquirement. Items worn by the falcon were crafted by Otto Kals in Dusseldorf-Benrath and the bells crafted by Captain R. L. Meredith for Casey A. Wood as a gift for the Redpath Library at McGill University. This file was obtained in approximately 1937. The falcon's presentation has remained unchanged.

This file contains falconry equipment from approximately 1930-1936 crafted by Otto Kals for Casey A. Wood and gifted to the McGill Library. Within this file are two saddlebags used to carry the game hunted by the falcon or hawk, one pair of leather gloves, one knife and sheath, and one pigeon-wing lure. This file also contains six exhibit name cards for these items with a description for the falconers’ gloves. The arrangement of items within this file has been respected during rehousing.

File consists of approximately 20 medicinal recipes. Most are addressed to Mrs. S. A. Warde. Medical conditions specifically addressed by some of the recipes include: inflamed eyes, sore throat, weakness, inflammation of the chest or windpipe, liver complaints. The majority of recipes are undated, but some dates noted are 1805, 1810, 1814 (a recipe for a draught prepared by Dr. J. Simpson, written in Latin), 1824, 1829, and 1832.

File consists of approximately 15 chiefly culinary recipes, with one recipe for making a poultice and another that appears medical in nature. Recipes include: brawn, pickles, Christmas melon, preserved melon, pineapple wine, puddings, elder wine or English Port, rhubarb jam. File also includes one clipping from the General Evening Post featuring a preserved fruit recipe.

File consists of approximately 65 undated chiefly culinary recipes, with some medical content. Some recipes are included as parts of letters addressed to Mrs. Williamson. One recipe is signed by Mrs. Warde (carrot pudding). Some dishes represented in the recipes include: marmelade, raisin wine, yeast (3 recipes), apple jelly, beer, preserved eggs, spanish, spanish butter, blancmange, rice balls, biscuits, scotch eggs, and brandy cream. There is also one loose recipe for furniture polish. One item in the file is a soft bound notebook containing 7 leaves with recipes for mulligatawny soup, veal, fowl, and mutton dishes, Flemish soup, muffin pudding, "pease pudding", black pudding, and lemon pudding. The last page includes with medical recipes, including vinegar, a remedy for gout, and a treatment to prevent infection.