Approximately half this material consists of letters, covering the years 1823-1837, from Andrew William Cochran, 1792-1849, civil secretary to the governors of Lower Canada from 1812 onwards, and a member of the Executive Council from 1827 to 1841. The remainder comprises a number of accounts of travels and exploration by North West Company employees, probably collected by McKenzie for his history. Included are Charles McKenzie's expeditions amongst the Otoe Missouria Tribe.; Edward Umfreville's journal of a canoe trip from Lake Superior to Portage de l'Isle 1784; accounts of the Alaskan Athabaskans, 1795 and 1805, George Keith's memoirs of the McKenzie River Department, 1807-1817; and George Henry Monk's of the Department of Fond du Lac or Mississippi, 1807; John McDonnell's account of the Red River, ca 1787; and John Johnston's of Lake Superior and a letter on the Indigenous communities of the northwest from Eneas McDonnell. Also included are letters written to McKenzie from Forks on the Mackenzie River by William Ferdinand Wentzel, 1807-1824.
The fonds contains Roderick Stewart's research work and writing for his biography of Dr. Norman Bethune published as Bethune (1973) and The Mind of Norman Bethune (1977).
The Ronald Melzack fonds contains 6 videotapes, 1 Radio-Quebec program "Les Prix du Quebec, 1994" and 5 taped lectures in the "University of the air" series, 1978.
"Architectural drawings, 1931, 11 drawings." Copies of plans and sections of the design for Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto are found in the archive. This sports arena was designed in association with John Ryrie and MacKenzie Waters. " Architectural drawings, Ravenscrag Development, Montreal, Quebec 1936." 4 pencil on trace: plot plan, first floor, second floor, and third floor plans.
"Dessins architecturaux, 1931, Il dessins." Le fonds comprend des dessins de plans et de coupes du projet du Maple Leaf Gardens de Toronto. Cet aréna a été dessiné en association avec John Ryrie et MacKenzie Waters.
"Architectural Drawings, 1910, 17 drawings." The design for a branch of the Bank of Toronto located at the corner of Guy and St. Catherine Streets in Montreal and for a house in Westmount for Charles A. Smart are documented in the archive.
"Dessins architecturaux, 1910, 17 dessins." Notamment le dessin d'une succursale de la Banque de Toronto située à l'angle des rues Guy et Sainte-Catherine à Montréal ainsi que d'une maison de Westmount construite pour le compte de Charles A. Smart.
The Ross family fonds consists primarily of records related to the student achievements of the Ross children and includes student notebooks, news clippings, convocation programmes, certificates, and memorabilia of the Red and White Revue such as songs, photographs and original songs. Edward Russell Paterson’s student notebooks in geology, petrography and English literature are included.
In addition, there are two diaries of William Stieven Paterson’s from his travels through Civil War battlefields in the southern USA and a trip to Cuba; 8 photograph albums depicting the Paterson side of the family; 3 scrapbooks of magazine stories for children, poems and household hints; and correspondence between Dorothy Jean Ross and the McGill University Archives.
"Architectural Drawings, 1963-71, 8 drawings." Plans and drawings for alterations to the Pathology Building of McGill University and the design for a respiratory research laboratory for McGill University are documented in the CAC.
"Dessins architecturaux, 1963-1971, 8 dessins." La collection comprend les plans et les esquisses de modifications apportées au pavillon de l'Institut de pathologie de l'Université McGill ainsi que le plan d'un laboratoire de recherche sur les maladies respiratoires pour l'Université McGill.
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.
