File consists of notebook for the Geological Survey of Canada with entries dated 23 June 1886 - 26 June 1886.

File consists of the first volume of notebooks with lecture notes on geology from a class at the Royal School of Mines.

File consists of the second volume of notebooks with lecture notes on geology from a class at the Royal School of Mines.

File includes printed articles and clippings on the subject of locust and grasshopper invasions in the West. Also includes maps of Nebraska and Minnesota.

File includes a memorandum addressed to Mr. Selwyn and a list of articles forwarded by William Fisher for the Canadian Commission regarding the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. Also includes a list of descriptions of objects for the exhibition catalogue, which includes many descriptions of Indigenous artifacts.

File contains George Mercer Dawson's personal material, including cards and event invitations.

File includes a wedding invitation; a reception invitation to the opening of the Peter Redpath Museum of McGill University; and a private letter written by John William Dawson to the members of the Council of the Royal Society of London.

File includes a collection of 12 short essays written by George Mercer Dawson as a child. On the verso of many is a title, date, and a sketch. The titles of the essays are: "The Indian Antiquities (of Montreal)"; "Fishes"; "Winter"; "Rivers"; "Mountains"; "The Ocean"; "Paper"; "Flowers"; "Vegetation"; "The Wolf"; "Europe"; and "The Lion." The first essay ("Indian Antiquities") discusses the discovery of objects belonging to previous Indigenous inhabitants of the region, including pottery, knives, etc.

File primarily consists of supplementary documentation for the Lake of the Woods Report and a letter addressed to Capt. Anderson regarding the British North American Boundary Commission.

File consists of two notebooks kept by Dawson, one is volume three of his notes on chemical lectures delivered at the Royal College of Chemistry by Professor Frankland, 1869-1870 session; the second is Dawson's chemistry laboratory notebook.