The file contains appeals for support for the Montreal Neurological Institute. This is through correspondence to Diefenbaker, Graffety, etc. and Diefenbaker's interview 17 July 1958.

The file contains reports, including one which reports on Lord Tweedsmuir's death certificate, medical reports and 4 photographs of a person with a bandaged head. The files were transferred from the Office files.

The file contains correspondence and official documents about research projects and associated grants awarded to the Montreal Neurological Institute. This includes Project #290-48, #604-9-161 (Development of extracorporeal cerebral circulation and investigation into its clinical application), #604-7-309 (Development of an extracorporeal cerebral circulation and investigation into its clinical application) and #604-5-49 (Psychological investigation of temporal lobe function, Dr. Brenda Milner).

The file contains correspondence about the Dr. K.A.C. Elliott's Quebec Grant, Project #604-5-247.

The file contains correspondence with J.W. McConnell about fund raising efforts for the Montreal Neurological Institute.

The file contains correspondence with I.W. Killam about fund raising efforts for the Montreal Neurological Institute

The file contains correspondence with individuals or organizations which refused appeals for funding. This includes the Carnegie Foundation, Dementia Praecox, Josiah Macy Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Wellcome Trust.

The file contains the acknowledgements for the 1949-1950 Fund Raising Campaign organized alphabetically.

The file contains 1 green volume containing a draft of ‘The Financial Crisis of the Montreal Neurological Institute: The story of the foundation, growth and achievement of a National Institute’. The front cover reads ‘The Montreal Neurological Institute May -1949 A Problem and an Opportunity’.

The file contains 1 black plastic bound volume containing a final copy of ‘The Financial Crisis of the Montreal Neurological Institute: The story of the foundation, growth and achievement of a National Institute’. The report includes several black and white photographs within its pages.