File consists of architectural drawings for urban housing (basement, 3 floors, 2-1 bedroom apartments, 7-2 bedroom apartments, 7-3 bedroom apartments, 2-4 bedroom apartments; brick; composite), including:
4 presentation drawings: bird's-eye view, block plan, plans, elevations
10 development drawings: floor plans, roof plan, elevations, sections
7 working drawings: floor plans, roof plan, elevations, sections

File consists of architectural drawings for urban housing, including:
3 presentation drawings: block plans, X block housing elevation
14 development drawings: road schemes, block layouts, subdivisions of land, floor plans, elevations, perspectives
1 detail drawing: structure

File consists of architectural drawings for urban housing, including 5 presentation drawings and 1 development drawing of floor plans.

File consists of architectural drawings for urban housing, including 1 presentation drawing (block plan) and 8 development drawings (legend, key map, city maps and planning).

File consists of 64 working drawings, 5 preliminary designs, and 4 project files (correspondence, plant material, specifications, minutes of meetings).

This file consists of a bound volume containing notes, sketches and diagrams from 1869, including trips to Gaspé and Murray Bay, as well as notes about dykes of Mount Royal, Montreal.

This file consists of a bound volume containing notes, sketches and diagrams, some from a trip to Halifax and the surrounding area, and others from excursions around Montreal.

This file contains a leather pocketbook with the title "Visiting List" stamped in gold, and tabs dividing the book by letters of the alphabet. Pages are printed with 5 columns: name, residence, receiving day, when made, returned. Pages are filled in with the names of social contacts organized by last name, the person's address, their recieving day and a notation of visits using an X to indicate visits paid and circles to mark visits received, written in Anna Dawson Harrington’s hand. The month of each visits is noted above the X or circle with the month's initial or abbreviation. The majority of the addresses listed are located in Montreal.

This file contains a photo album with "Photographs" stamped on the cover. The album contains photos of Dawson and Harrington family members, with cottages and landscapes in Métis, family homes in Montreal, and the McGill campus.

This file contains a small black and white portait of Margaret Mercer Dawson in winter clothing, enclosed in a foil frame with a decorative border.