The file contains the diary of Wilder Penfield for July 23rd 1959 to April 24th 1960. The front cover is inscribed “1959 summer 1960 spring rosa interview”. The diary details Wilder Penfield’s travels in Edinburgh, New York and Big Sur, California. It includes discussions on a memorial for Alan Gregg, what he should do upon his retirement from the Institute, comments on what he thought was his last operation, and an account of meeting Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. The back cover has a list of “Points” which potentially outlines the contents of the diary.

The Penfield fonds consists of over eighty metres of Penfield's personal and professional records dating from his childhood up until his death in 1976, including during his career at the Montreal Neurological Institute. The materials in the fonds include photographs, correspondence, manuscripts and drafts of publications and speeches, research notes, glass slides, bound reports, films, and academic gowns.

The file contains a xerox copy of ‘Intent to Kill’ by Michael Bryan London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956. It is labelled as the Penfield Archive copy.