The file is a brown envelope containing No.1 Neurological Hospital financial statements, bank correspondence, deposit slips, the correspondence for the creation of a library overseas, and two photographs, one of which is a group photo of the hospital staff.

The file contains correspondence from the files of F.L. McNaughton, including letters about the Montreal Neurological Society; discussing the Penfield Portrait by Charles Hopkinson which was never completed; about the employment of Dr. Donald Baxter at the MNI and Boston City Hospital; about the staffing of a new school with the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon; the Montreal Neurological Institute Mural by Mary Filer; letters to the Doctor of Medicine in Oslo; and discussing the biography note on Wilder Penfield and typed draft of suggested paragraph.

The file contains correspondence about the Annex and alternations to the 5th, 7th and 8th floors of the Montreal Neurological Institute.

The file contains correspondence about the building operation costs, including McGill University and the Department of Pensions and National Health Annex, specifically for the procedures and plans for this (building operation, costs, increased accomodation, red cross).

The file contains correspondence about the cost of care and services for the Department of Pensions and National Health Annex (specifically mentioning the Military Annex).

The file consists of correspondence and course outlines of the McGill Teaching Curriculum Committee for undergraduate students in the Faculty of Medicine.

The file contains correspondence about the New Wing (costs, architects, blue prints, site plans); a 23 page pamphlet ‘Invisible Embedded Panel Warning System for Hospitals’; a 7 page pamphlet ‘Radiant Heating and Cooling Applied to Prefabricated Floors and Ceilings’; a 12 page pamphlet ‘Crittall Radient Panel Heating Installations in the United States, Canada and Iceland’; and 6 architectural drawings of the New Wing (1948-1949).

The file contains correspondence between Wilder Penfield and D.O. Hebb. It details Penfield’s attendance at his last Board of Governors meeting and the the topics of discussion that arose, such as the changes which have come to the university since Penfield moved to Montreal.

The file contains correspondence with Dr. E. Archibald about the installation of Wilder Penfield in Montreal at the Montreal Neurological Institute.