The fonds chiefly documents teaching activities and contains McGill University library education course materials including lecture notes, handouts, and assignments for library reference materials and methods, humanities and social sciences as well as government information courses. There is also a much smaller amount of records concerning academic community activities including involvement with the Canadian Studies Committee, 1951-2007. In addition, the fonds includes the print and digital versions of the last curriculum vitae prepared by McNally prior to his retirement form the School of Information Studies in August 2013.
Collection consists of papers of a British naval officer, who sailed on the Bounty. Includes notes and observations on voyages in the South Atlantic and East Indies including directions for navigating the Straits of Banquey and other oriental passages (1801), notes on the Cape of Good Hope (1796) and St. Helena (1805). Also, "Nautical Remarks and Memoranda of Occurences on Board H.M.S. Polyphemus, Donegal and Nereus between 22 Oct. 1806 and 19 Nov. 1810". With a note on reason and a chart of the Road of Basque. Items marked "Morgan" on paper watermarked 1797 and 1805.
The fonds consists of documents, photographs and electronic media relevant to the personal and professional history of Dr. Peter (Peet) Silvester. The scope predominately covers the period from 1965 to 1996, and includes Dr. Silvester’s published articles, copies of his books, including some translated editions and 35mm slides and photographs used as illustrations and as visual aids in presentations. His personal papers cover the period from his immigration to Canada and to his death, and include some photographs, correspondence between Dr. Silvester and his wife, Elisabeth, and daily journals.
This fonds is divided into nine series. The first series contains his personal papers, with the remaining series covering his professional career. The second series is largely correspondence, and the remaining seven series relate to his research and publication of articles and books. The series covering correspondence and research are organized by subject, and the articles are organized chronologically.
Fonds documents Philip Burnett's activities as a medical student at McGill University. The fonds contains admission cards, schedules of courses, convocation program, certificates and a receipt.
"Architectural Drawings, 1910, 5 drawings." Drawings and watercolour sketches of French and Italian subjects, such as the Grand Palais at Versailles and the Palazzo Serra in Genoa, are found in the archive.
"Dessins architecturaux, 1910, 5 dessins." Dessins et aquarelles de sujets français et italiens et notamment du Grand Palais de Versailles et du Palazzo Serra à Gênes.
Fonds shows Dr. Philip Franklin's relations and activities with Sir William Osler regarding the Post-Graduate Scheme in England and the American Hospital in England during WWI. The fonds contains letters, telegrams and an agenda and printed material regarding a meeting about the American Hospital.
The fonds contains student drawings of Orford Castle in Suffolk, measured drawings of Hampton Court Palace, Gipping Chapel in Suffolk and details of historical architecture.
Le fonds contient notamment des dessins d'étudiant du Château Orford à Suffolk, des relevés de Hampton Court Palace, de Gipping Chapel à Suffolk ainsi que des détails d'architecture historique.
Collection consists of one bound manuscript notebook softbound in a piece of brown leather. The notebook dates chiefly from 1841 and was produced in St. Armand by Philip Luke. The notebook contains a title page that has been lettered, illustrated, and coloured by hand: A Latin Translation / by Philip Luke. St. Armand. 1841. Commenced April 4th. The text within this first portion of the notebook is Aesop's Fables in English and Latin on facing pages. The first part of the manuscript ends with "13. Horse and Ass" (Latin is incomplete) and "32. Widow and Servants" (Latin text missing). The following leaf contains two medical recipes: "A cure for a felon or whitlow," refering to an abscess or infection of the fingertip and consisting of a paste made from egg yolk, honey, turpentine spirits, camphor, and flour, and "A reciet for the inflammatory rheumatism," involving a wine-based tonic containing three types of bark, horseradish, brandy, and tar water. Following another blank leaf, a partial letter is found dated 1839. Philip Luke's text begins again in the latter part of the manuscript with a second coloured title page: "Dialogues and Declamations." There is also one loose note laid in dated 1809, a receipt for 100$.