The series consists of documents related to Dorothy Duncan’s personal life, including a copy of Dorothy Duncan’s birth certificate, clippings of obituaries from Duncan’s death, and two personal photo albums (1930-1940). The photo albums are a mix of family photos, personal travel photos, and commercial postcards and photos documenting Canada, the United States of America, and various European countries.

This series contains correspondence written by and received by Noel Noel-Buxton and Lucy Noel-Buxton in their capacity as British members of parliament and as political figures during the first half of the 20th century. Also includes some personal corresp

Series consists of two sketchbooks (1840s?) with caricatures of John Goodsir, Alexander Munro, Robert Knox and William Robertson kept by E. D. Worthington while a medical student, as well as related items.

This series contains of Cushing's typewritten drafts of chapters from his book, The Life of Sir William Osler. The series is arranged into files corresponding to chapter divisions.

This series consists of research, writing, and correspondence files relating to Casey Wood's major and minor publications and unpublished works, as well as, others assisting in Wood's publications, research, or writing about Wood. The majority of the research and writing materials for Wood's published and unpublished works were created between 1920-1940, while other materials collected during Wood's life, those associated with his memoir and obituary, date from approximately 1850-1943.
Some prominent writings by Wood include “Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology” (1921-1956), his unpublished memoir (ca. 1850-1939), “Fundus Oculi” (1911-1934), Wood family history (1920-1940), “Birds of Fiji” (1920-1928), “Through Forest and Jungle in Kashmir and North India” (1921-1934); Persian, Arabic and Hindustani manuscripts (1927-1934); and “The Art of Falconry” (1942).
The series consists of many volumes and files containing a number of record types including manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, publications, photographs, correspondence, clippings, printed material, postcards, journals, administrative and financial records, and artwork. Some of the volumes are scrapbooks containing many of these materials mounted within, while others include similar materials bound within. These volumes do not necessarily have a clear organization but are sometimes arranged chronologically or by correspondent.

There are 2230 incoming and outgoing pieces of correspondence including letters, postcards, notes, telegrams, and cards. Subseries 1) Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology includes 1313 pieces of correspondence, the largest number of correspondence within the collection.

This series was originally filed by Mappin almost completely alphabetically by author, topic, or publisher/publication name. The textual material is essentially Mappin’s private antiquarian book collection and contains such items as early printed booklets, pamphlets, broadside sheets, clippings and handwritten notes. The graphic materials in this series are commercial ephemera consisting of receipts, letterheads, and telegraphs, and include some trade and political posters. Sound recordings include 45 rpm recordings of Joël Denis’s song Vas-Y-Cardinal and a speech by Quebec pliticain Jean-Guy Cardinal
The collection is almost entirely Canadiana focused, some of the more prominent file titles include: Bernard Amtmann, Imperial Federation, L'affaire Guibord, Richler, Mappin / Holden Affair, Lionel Groulx, Ignace Bourget, Henri Bourassa, Lawrence Lande, George Étienne Cartier, William Lyon Mackenzie King, the Eastern Townships and Montreal History.

James created two formal records of his life: an incomplete autobiography and approximately 95 cm of personal diaries for the years 1936-1962. From 1939 onwards, his diary is also a running office record of his activities as Principal. James' personal notes are handwritten, but the office copy was typed by his secretary, Dorothy McMurray. While working on his autobiography following his retirement, James interfiled the two. Apart from descriptions of his activities and reflections, the James diaries contain minutes,
memoranda, letters, essays on countries visited by James, speeches and poetry. There is a separate series of pocket appointment diaries from 1919 to 1972, and gardening diaries from 1949-1959 and 1963-1969.

Juvenalia and student materials consist of two albums (1905 and 1907) of postcards; a schoolboy commonplace-book of extracts, news clippings and reflexions on religious topics (possibly digests of sermons); six volumes of secondary school notes on economic history; approximately 24 cm of examination papers, essays and notes from James' London School of Economics days; and notes for a course on the Law of Prize from the University of Pennsylvania (1925). Three volumes of personal scrapbooks cover the period 1917-1939: the first (1919-1931) includes school and university reports of standing, while the remaining two consist of newspaper articles by and about James, invitations, letters concerning his speeches and publications, and telegrams and correspondence concerning James' appointment to the School of
Commerce at McGill.

Private financial records include two volumes of day-books (1952-1954), two ledgers (1962-1970), bank statements (1937-1962), correspondence concerning investments, pensions etc. (1941-1969), and papers relating to his real estate in England.

The Type of Building series includes progress and "as finished" photographs of buildings constructed by Canada Cement. Usually there will be several photos (often as many as 20) showing the various phases of the project, both in details and in full. The projects include airports, churches, concrete masonry, homes, prestressed materials, and stadiums. Structures were built in most areas of Canada. Many of the projects, such as dams, include distance and aerial views. The majority of photos in this series appear to date from 1940 to 1980, although there are many from ca. 1915 to 1940. Nearly all photos are identified on the back or on the envelope containing them. Negatives and information sheets about the building are sometimes included. Occasionally there is correspondence, mainly of the Publicity and Sales Department of Canada Cement. (This series was called the "Old Photo" series by Company administration).