This series contains material representing a core activity of the fraternal association: member recruitment and management. Welcome packages, membership cards, member records, and recruitment manuals and documentation are featured significantly in this series. Recruitment was often conducted by volunteers during Highland Games, golf tournaments, and folk festivals, and at malls, banquets, and pub nights.

Most of the newsclippings in this collection are about ski related activities such as the Jackrabbit Ski League, various competitions, or about Herman's great longevity. They range from 1966-67 and 1974-1981.

This series contains records related to the various business ventures of J.W. McConnell.

The records are broken down into five subseries according to function: Company Promotions, 1900-1930; Commercial Trust, 1936-1972; Montreal Star, 1925-1971; St. Lawrence Sugar Refineries, 1912-1977; and Property Holdings (St. Lawrence Sugar Refineries), 1917-1962. Material found in this series includes ledgers, financial statements and reports, tax documents, meeting minutes, memos and correspondence.

Snapshots taken by James or his family and friends during his University of Pennsylvania years illustrate Philadelphia scenes, fellow students and friends, and voyages to Europe and South America. Photographs of a summer vacation in 1944, the Convocation dinner of 1949 and a journey to Hong Kong and Japan in the early 1960s round off this part of the collection. The greater part of these photographs are formal or professional pictures. These include prints from the press and NFB photographs of McGill convocations during World War II, scenes of student life (1959 and 1961) and McGill buildings (1945), McGill scenes (1962), the dedication of the Morgan Arboretum (1949), the High Altitude Research Project, the closing ceremonies of Dawson College, special events, and visitors to the campus. There are also formal portraits of James and his wife, including a series of studies done for the McGill News in 1962, and photographs taken at convocations conferring honorary degrees on James.

Series contains duplicates of correspondence.

File consists of syllabi, coursework, assignments, reading lists, and slide lectures, including for the courses:
ARCH 762, Design & Development, Wharton MBA and real estate majors, 1994-2012 (51 digital files, 121 ps)
ARCH 102, Architecture Today, college freshmen seminar, 2003-2012 (16 digital files, 62 ps)
ARCH 700/701, Urban Design Studio, taught with Jonathan Barnett, 1998,1999 (4 digital files, 9 ps)
ARCH 715, Advanced Seminar, 2001-2007 (21 digital files, 53 ps)
ARCH 715, Writing on Architecture, 2008-2012 (13 digital files, 41 ps)
ARCH 700, Philadelphia Studio, 1999 (3 digital files, 5 ps)

The Miscellaneous series contains miscellaneous documentation pertaining to the Renaissance Singers of Montreal. Documents in this series are organised chronologically.

Series consists chiefly of programmes of performances given as part of Le Festival Mondial (The World Festival), including orchestral performances, opera, theatre and ballet. Also includes brochures with calendar of performances and ticket order form.