The company's records contain administrative, financial and publicity material. The administrative series comprises the minutes of the directors from 1929 to 1955 and of the executive committee from 1949 to 1956. An engagement book records contracts between the company and its employees, 1902-1906. Henry Morgan's business correspondence covers the period 1847-1850, and includes a few personal letters to his brother James. Financial records cover both internal operations and stock transactions. The former are documented by an account book, 1845-1848; ledgers, 1870-1889; and diaries, 1884, 1936; the latter by lists of stock holders, 1954-1960; and records of transfers of Morgan's common stock, 1954-1961. Also included are files of invoices, receipts and cheques, 1846-1852. Publicity materials largely centre around anniversaries. Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, other printed materials and photographs cover the years 1936-1945, culminating in the company's centennial, for which a typescript history was prepared.
The papers of "Jackrabbit" Johannsen reflect his personal, professional and recreational activities, mainly between 1934 and 1985. The largest part of the papers consists of correspondence with friends and organizations, particularly relating to skiing and outdoor life. Family relations are also covered. A series of brief journals provides a record of some of his daily activities, from 1948 to 1984. The remainder of the fonds include publications about Johannsen, photographs, maps and personal documents such as passports.
Fonds documents Dr. H.E. MacDermot's medical-historical activities. The fonds contains newspaper clippings, manuscript notes, photographs, lectures notes, and a draft of The MGH, the Years of Change.
Wallis' papers are grouped into three series: general scrapbooks, military scrapbooks, and military diaries. General scrapbooks, covering the years 1908-1977, contain letters, photographs, and printed materials relative to Wallis' career. Some volumes include his diary for the period, and all are heavily annotated. They cover all aspects of his career from high school to post-retirement, with special emphasis on his military career and social life. Military scrapbooks contain the same variety of materials for the period 1911-1969, but are devoted exclusively to Wallis' activities during the two World Wars, and his roles in the Black Watch and as an Honorary A.D.C. Military journals give brief reports of his daily activities form 1941 to 1945.
Fonds consists of photographs and other items that document the early career of Isadore Hirshberg while studying medicine at McGill University from 1909-1914, including 60 album-sized photographs, a framed group photograph of Hirshberg and Montreal General Hospital residents, Hirshberg's framed provincial medical certificate, and two certificates of residency. Subjects include Hirshberg and classmates; campus and student life; photographs of staff, doctors, and nurses in hospital settings, including two photographs of John McCrae at the Alexandra Hospital; and various views of McGill medical buildings and hospitals, including the new medical building at the time of construction in 1910, the Royal Victoria Hospital around 1910, and the Western Hospital in 1913. Two photographs features the medical school janitor James "King" Cook, a fixture of the school and a favorite with the students from the late 19th through the early 20th centuries. His wife was Frank Buller's housekeeper during Osler's time. Fonds also includes a large framed group photograph, Resident Medical Staff/Montreal General Hospital/1914-1915 by Wm. Notman & Son and Hirshberg's Quebec medical license issued by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Quebec and dated July 1914. Descriptions of the photographs where present are in Hirshberg's hand except in cases in which there were additional descriptions in the album. These were copied in pencil on the verso of the related photograph.
"Architectural Drawings, 1929-30, 46 drawings." All but one of the drawings documents the design of a house for F. R. Whitall on Sunnyside Avenue in Westmount; the remaining drawing is a perspective of a proposal for the New University Club of Montreal on Redpath Street. "Photographs, n.d., 1 album" containing 53 large size photographs of interiors and exteriors of private mansions and country houses of Quebec and British Coloumbia, designed by McDougall. Noteworthy are the Currie and McDonald houses in Westmount. "Architectural Drawings, 1929." The Montreal General Hospital:2 copies: western division proposed scheme of development, central division proposed scheme of development.
"Dessins architecturaux, 1929-1930, 46 dessins." Tous les dessins sauf un se rapportent à une maison commandée par F. R. Whitall, avenue Sunnyside à Westmount; l'autre dessin est une perspective qui faisait partie d'une proposition pour le New University Club de Montréal, rue Redpath. "Photographies, s.d., 1 album de 53 photographies" illustrant l'intérieur et l'extérieur d'hôtels particuliers et de résidences secondaires du Québec et de la Colombie britannique, conçus par McDougall. On y trouve notamment les maisons Currie et MeDonald à Westmount.
Fond contains solely glass slide negatives. Many slides depict the McGill campus between the years 1918-1921, including the Strathcona Medical Building, as well as the Royal Victoria Hospital. Other subjects include street scenes taken in Montreal after the end of the First World War and the Lockharts' family life during the early 1920s.
The James S. Thomson fonds consists of handwritten sermons, lecture and teaching notes, prayers, lectures, addresses, photographs, clippings and book drafts reflecting Thomson's diverse career in administration, academic and church life. While most of the material concerns Thomson's work at McGiII's Faculty of Divinity and the Lay School of Theology, there is some material relating to his tenure at the University of Saskatchewan, the United Church of Canada and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Many of the sermons, lectures and addresses are not dated and could have been written in Scotland prior to his arrival in Canada.
The fonds consists of a record book for Royal Victoria College 1933 reunions, a McGill Class Agents' Booklet and photographs relating to the 30th and 60th reunions for the class of 1933.