This file contains correspondence to and from the Commercial Trust and later The McConnell Foundation regarding the legal transferring of the McConnell estate from one body to the other.

This file contains correspondence and copies of city by-laws regarding the zoning of Mount Royal Park and the ensuing affect on McConnell property on Pine Avenue.

This file contains Christmas cards sent to the McConnells from various acquaintances and friends.

This series contains journals, scrapbooks and numerous agendas and address books belonging to both J.W. McConnell and his wife Lily. This series also includes an agenda used by Kathleen McConnell Laing. The material in this series dates between 1887 and 1960.

The journals written by J.W. McConnell and his wife were almost all started before a major trip (e.g. the Coronation trip taken in 1952) but do not contain detailed narratives and were never continued for any lengthy period. The notes and entries that were recorded discuss both business and personal/family observations. The many scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and letters concerning J.W. McConnell’s business interests, accomplishments, the Montreal Star and family members. The McConnells also kept many articles and ephemera related to British Royal Family members and the McConnells’ involvement in Montreal society and fundraising efforts. There also exists a significant scrapbook compiled after J.W. McConnell’s death containing obituaries from Canadian and international newspapers.

This item consists of an address book used by J.W. McConnell most likely in the early 1900s.

This item consists of an address book used by J.W. McConnell most likely in the early 1900s during McConnell’s first trip to England to promote the Standard Chemical Company of Canada.

This item contains observations of travels and business written by J.W. McConnell between 1904 and 1928.

Diary contains addresses, lists of clothes, presents and meals, and notes of social engagements. Very little detail included with notes. Diary may have been used during the late 1930s during Mrs. McConnell’s time in England and Europe.

This item contains entries by Lily McConnell concerning daily meetings and social engagements, circa 1933.

This journal contains brief descriptions of the start of the McConnell’s 1936 cruise. Contains descriptions of travelling to New York by train, the beginning of the cruise, and arrivals at the Canary Islands, Cape Town and Table Mountain, and Durban, South Africa. Entries in journal only from January 05, 1936 – February 01, 1936.