File includes memoranda; documentation from Customs Canada re: sealing season; a confidential report: Analysis of Furrier's Evidence; and meeting notes on the Behring Sea Arbitration.

File includes notes on the Manitoban region divided into three parts: 1) General description; 2) The Laurentian and Huronian Rocks; and 3) The Cretaceous and Tertiary.

File includes a diary with entries of the Queen Charlotte Island Cruise from 27 May 1878 - 17 October 1878.

File consists of a geological map of a portion of British Columbia from the Geological Survey of Canada, and the North West District of British Guiana from the Royal Geographical Society.

File includes proposal and draft letters to naturalists, including the opinions of C.H. Tupper regarding the U.S. case.

File includes George Mercer Dawson's diploma as a member of the Natural History Society of Montreal, 1872, and records relating to professional societies including: Geological Society of London, 1875; Association of Dominion Land Surveyors; Royal Microscopical Society; Society of Alaskan Natural History and Ethnology; Saskatchewan Society; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Trinity Historical Society; Canadian Mining Association; Royal Society; Imperial Institute; Zoological Society of London; Geological Society of Edinburgh; Appalachian Mountain Club; National Geographic Society; Victoria Institute; Geographical Club of Philadelphia; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Liverpool Geological Society.

File consists of a private notebook with entries from 5 June 1890 - 26 October 1890.

File consists of a private diary with entries dated 8 September 1891 - 21 October 1891.

File consists of private diary for 1891 (I), entries dated 9 July 1891 - 7 September 1891.

File consists of a diary and a notebook: a) private diary II, H.M.N.A.B.C. (27 June 1873 - 13 September 1873); b) geological and topographical notebook for the British North American Boundary Commission, June 1873 (entries dated between 18 June 1873 and 30 August 1873).