The fonds contains the majority of the drawings and papers of Montreal architect and landscape architect John Schreiber, who was a professor in the School of Architecture at McGill from 1953 to 1987. These documents constitute a rich treasure of original design work, expressed in draughtsmanship of great virtuosity. John Schreiber’s work is an example of the contribution to Canadian architecture and landscape architecture of a generation of Europeans who, leaving that war-shattered continent in the late forties and fifties, found an appreciative and fertile ground for their talents and ambitions in Canada. The two hundred and thirty four projects represented in the Schreiber fonds span half a century of work and are documented in more than four thousand plans and drawings, hundreds of photographs and close to six linear metres of textual files.

File consists of 55 drawings, including 42 design development drawings, 1 surveyor's plan, 6 preliminary design drawings, and 6 measured drawings). Also includes 1 project file (correspondence).

13 posters and cards drawn by Schreiber, including posters for events such as lectures, concerts, Polish bazaars, and Polish dances, as well as graphics for Christmas cards.

Working drawings by John Schreiber for the office of D.F. Lebensold Architect.

Interior Study: interior perspective.
The Old Aisle Kirkintilloch: sections and elevations.
The Church of St. Mary Kirkintilloch: plan, sections, elevations and detail.
The Early English Cathedral Porch: section and elevation.
A National Monument to Scottish Genius: plan, elevation, and perspective.
A Village in the Highlands: plan, elevation, town planning research, road research.
A Sports Centre: plans, elevations, sections, detail and isometric view.
An Architectural Students' Holiday Hostel: plan, elevations, section and perspective.
A Country Manse: plan, elevations and sections.
A School of Music: detail, plans and sections.