The George Johnston fonds consists mainly of his lecture notes for his courses in New Testament and Laity courses given at the United Theological College (1969-1983), notes for the Bruce lectures (1943), drafts and clippings of his published articles. Lecture notes on various topics on church, church society and church union are also part of the fonds.

The Althea Douglas fonds consists of her student papers, class notes, exams, her husband’s letters and newspaper clippings of Althea and her husband. Althea’s notebook with notes from Costume lectures, diagrams, clippings and a notebook mostly on courses given by Stephan Pater, director of the Department of English Dramatic Productions (1952-1958), programs of English Department of Drama (1945-1960), and J. Creighton Douglas’ class notes from English (1946-1947), engineering exams and notes (1952 and 1963) are part of the collection. Included are as well Cedric S. Douglas’ notebooks on history of education, chemistry, public health and psychology courses from the years 1912 to 1914, Phyllis Bridgette’s notes from Macdonald Teacher’s College from 1922 and Marjorie Bridgette’s nature study specimens from Normal School of Macdonald College from 1911 and 1912. Family descriptions with notes on the Douglas family and the family tree chart are in the collection. Non textual records consists of slides, photographs, Althea Douglas’ drawings of costumes, and photographs that Althea Douglas rescued from McGill Daily for the courses she gave in stage make-up.

The fonds document Humphrey's role in the United Nations, academic and professional activities as a McGill professor and advocate of human rights, both in Canada and internationally, mainly 1960-1995, and after his career at the United Nations.

The fonds consists of bound book of company records from the years 1893 to 1897. Later on the book was used as a scrapbook including newspaper clippings from the wars (1914-1951).

The fonds is entirely concerned with applied psychology and vocational guidance and is comprised of typed drafts of articles, most were published (1930-1951), correspondence reflecting his involvement in professional associations and regarding his work (1930-1955). Included are also numerous psychology magazines, pamphlets on job analysis, catalogues and price lists, brochures, tests and material for orientation for psychology (1941-1955), diary (1929), petty cash books (1946-1955), typed radio broadcast files (1937-1938), lecture notes (1942-1946), Dr. Tait’s articles (1925-1929), lectures and speeches (1938-1946) for the Protestant Employment Bureau (1925-1954), and minutes of meetings and reports. There are also records of his earlier work as a newspaper photographer and reporter, a social worker in the Canadian Patriotic Fund (1914-1921), member of the Federated Charities (now Centraide), Emergency Unemployment Relief Committee and Protestant Employment Bureau. Certificate from McGill University Extension Courses and other professional certificates (1922-1948), scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1909-1934) and a book of salary expenses (1914-1945) are part of the collection. Non textual records contain photographs from a conference at Queen’s University and Protestant Employment Bureau.

The fonds of the McGill Dames Society consists of correspondence, notes, newsletters, a cookbook, minutes and agendas of meetings.

The fonds consists of Emanuel Orlick’s bound student notebook from the Department of Psychology.

The fonds, reflecting his fascination for British writer D.H. Lawrence, comprises mainly of scrapbooks, newspaper clippings (1922-1965), dust-jackets, invoices for books (1931-1964), and draft lecture relating to that topic (1960). In the collection there is also correspondence to MacDermot from Wydham Lewis (1939-1940), schedule of classes at Hotchkiss school (1923), clippings concerning the Black Diaries of Roger Casement (1928-1963) and diverse other works and memorabilia, mainly from Australia, including several small reproductions of works by Australian painters.

The fonds consists of textual documents, photographs, films, drawings and medals relating to Maxwell J. Dunbar’s professional life. These documents predominantly cover his early career (1935-1970), though include his later distinctions (1980-1990). In addition, there are 13 diaries of scientific expeditions (1935-1938), which reveal the progress made in the Field of Arctic research, mainly of scientific exploration in Greenland and Ungava Bay. One diary, non-scientific in nature, was kept by Maxwell Dunbar’s wife, Jean, during a winter in Greenland (1945-1946), when Dunbar was Acting Consul for Canada. The diary gives an interesting account of day-to-day life in Greenland in the post-war period. Included is correspondence and reports on Nansen Drift Station, and Dunbar’s extended biography (about 100 pages). Cartographic materials consist of charts dealing with fauna, fish, seabirds, and shorebirds of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (1980). Non-textual records comprise of 7 reels of film with an Arctic subject. The files are arranged by subject and the diaries are in chronological order.

The fonds consists of bound cheque stabs, a few blank cheques, from anonymous merchant.