File includes notes on U.S case by George Mercer Dawson; notes on article by J. A. Allen; Dr. Merriam's circular; and other notes on the U.S. case.

File consists of name cards, business cards and event cards.

File contains 20 letters including correspondence with A. P. Sherwood and C. H. Tupper, in addition to memoranda relating to the work to be done in San Francisco (1892) and on the Canada-Alaska boundary (1892).

File includes notes on the fishing and sealing industries, in addition to notes on investigations into fishing and sealing in the Behring Sea.

File contains letters and notes on the Alaska Boundary, including the following: a copy of the report "Alaska Boundary Question"; "notes on cavernous report"; letter from D. H. Dall; letters from Capt. William Moore; and draft memoranda.

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

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.