This collection consists of letters written by Canadian soldiers serving in the Second World War, between 1943 and 1944. The letters were written to family members or romantic partners, while the soldiers were in training in England, or deployed in Europe. The collection also includes some letters written to the soldiers. Contents of the letters chiefly concern news from home and the daily life of soldiers.

The collection is divided into three series, one for each soldier. Series 1 contains correspondence between Robert C. Parsons and his wife, Peggy Parsons. Series 2 contains correspondence between Jack Mills and his mother, C.I. Mills, and brother, Bob Mills. Series 3 contains correspondence between A.V. "Mac" Cormack and his girlfriend Florence Morgan Graham, as well as a letter from Mac's roommate G.D. "Jerry" Royds, also to Florence.

Fonds consists primarily of records related to the administration of the Scottish Centre of Montreal, including management of its building and finances. Other administrative documents include directories and guests. Fonds also includes meeting minutes and artifacts related to the centre's administration and social activities.

Fonds consists of tales, fables, poems, odes, epigrams, etc, collected by Sarah Wilson between 1820 and 1825.

The collection consists of 38 letters written by a small group of French Canadian Protestant friends living in the villages of St. Philippe, Grande Ligne, and Ste. Philomène in southern Quebec, as well as in the city of Montreal. Among the letters are those by Samuel Perrier, a Quebec farmer and dedicated letter writer, primarily addressed to his future wife, Eugenie Molleur (1862–1948), and to one of his daughters, Aline, who attended L'Institut Méthodiste Français.

These letters provide a vivid depiction of the challenging rural life faced by Quebec farmers, highlighting issues such as fatigue, poor crop yields, a shortage of farm labour, harsh winters, health struggles, and local news. They also reflect the parents' determination to improve their children's futures by sending them to school to learn English, accounting, music, and teaching. The collection additionally includes a small selection of poems and songs.

Correspondence 1921-1931 concerning Simon McTavish; official copies of legal documents including estate inventories, lawsuits over the McTavish estate, and Simon McTavish’s will; notes for Baylis’ study of McTavish; numerous petitions and newspaper clippings on the state of the McTavish monument and tomb (Peel St., Montreal), and a typescript of his text concerning Simon McTavish. Also two letters from Ignatius Donnelly, 1899, and a letter 1895, from J. Middleton to John Doyle about 19th century gardening in Montreal and the funeral of Judge James Reid.

These papers comprise a fair copy, for the press, of "Gale on Redeemable Annuities", 1816, as well as copies of letters to his son concerning the supplement to his "Treatise on the Nature and Principles of Redeemable Annuities", 1817. Apparently neither treatise was published.

There are three letters from Lord Selkirk, one from Lord Dalhousie, and eight from Lady Selkirk. The early letters concern the Red River Settlement and the North West Company. The letter from Lord Dalhousie, 1824, concerns legal matters, and the two late letters, 1828 and 1833, from Lady Selkirk are personal in nature.

Book of memoranda on road making and farming at Saint Gervais, 1799-1806.

Fonds consists of correspondence between Kipling and his wife and his father to Lockwood de Forest and his wife Meta, two drawings by Kipling, and the manuscript Traffics and Discoveries, 1904.