"Architectural Drawings, 1955-63, 463 drawings." Among the twenty-one projects documented by drawings, are designs for the Northern Electric Research and Development Project in Ottawa (1959-63), Ottawa City Hall (1956-8), Les Habitations Jeanne-Mance in Montreal designed for the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (1957-60) and the town of Port Cartier, which was designed and planned for the Quebec Cartier Mining Company (1957-60).
"Photographs, 1955-63, 34 photographs." There are photographs in the archive for seven projects including the Northern Electric Company Research and Development Laboratories, the Town of Port Cartier and the Brockville and Elizabethtown planning area in Ontario (1955).
"Professional papers, 1955-60, 69 cm." Specifications, reports, clippings, invoices, minutes of meetings and tender forms are among the professional papers for seven projects, such as Les Habitations Jeanne-Mance and a commercial building in the Town of Mount Royal designed for Guttman Realty (1955-6).

"Dessins architecturaux, 1955-1963, 463 dessins." Parmi les vingt et un projets documentés par des dessins, signalons les plans du projet de recherche et de développement de la Northern Electric à Ottawa (1959-1963), l'hôtel de ville d'Ottawa (1956-1958), les Habitations Jeanne-Mance à Montréal dessinées pour le compte de la Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement (1957-1960), et la ville de Port-Cartier, planifiée pour le compte de la Société Québec Cartier Mining (1957-1960).
"Photographies, 1955-1963, 34 photos." Les photos du fonds documentent sept projets dont celui des laboratoires de recherche et développement de la société Northern Electric, la ville de Port-Cartier et les zones d'urbanisation de Brockville et Elizabethtown en Ontario (1955).
"Documents professionnels, 1955-1960, 69 cm." Cahiers des charges, rapports, coupures de presse, factures, procès-verbaux de réunions et soumissions se rapportant à sept projets, notamment aux Habitations Jeanne-Mance et à un immeuble commercial de Ville Mont-Royal dessiné pour Guttman Realty (1955-1956).

"Architectural Drawings, 1961-5, 311 drawings." Twelve projects contain drawings, among them the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1962-5), a shopping centre in Kingston, ON (n.d.), a pharmaceutical centre and research laboratory for the Smith, Mine and French company in Senneville, PQ (n.d.), and the design of two residential houses in Montreal.
"Photographs, 1961-5, 84 photographs." A proposal for a master plan and municipal building in Baie d'Urfé, PQ (1962/3), a site planning study for McGill University (1961), a redevelopment scheme for Westmount (n.d.), and the Kingston shopping centre are among the six projects documented by photographs.
"Professional papers, 1960-3, 24 cm." The archive contains papers, primarily reports and specifications, for six projects, including the proposed master plan and municipal building for Baie d'Urfé, the development study for McGill University and a maintenance building for Les Habitations Jeanne-Mance in Montreal (1963).

"Dessins architecturaux, 1961-1965, 311 dessins." Douze projets sont documentés par des dessins, notamment le musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal (1962-1965), un centre commercial de Kingston (Ontario, s.d.), un centre pharmaceutique et un laboratoire de recherche pour la société Smith, Kline et French à Senneville (Québec, s.d.) et le dessin de deux résidences de Montréal.
"Photographies, 1961-1965, 8.4 photos." Une proposition de plan d'urbanisation et d'hôtel de ville pour Baie d'Urfé (Québec) (1962-1963), un plan de développement pour l'Université McGill (1961), un programme de redéveloppement pour la ville de Westmount (s.d.) et le centre commercial de Kingston sont au nombre des six projets documentés par des photos.
"Documents professionnels, 1960-1963, 24 cm." Le fonds contient des documents, surtout des rapports et des cahiers des charges, pour six projets, notamment la proposition de plan d'urbanisation et d'hôtel de ville pour la municipalité de Baie d'Urfé, l'étude de développement commandée par l'Université McGill et un immeuble d'entretien attenant aux Habitations Jeanne-Mance de Montréal (1963).

"Architectural Drawings, 1968-72, 138 drawings." Four projects include drawings, the majority document the design for offices and laboratories for the Bell Northern Research Company in Ottawa (1971-2); other drawings concern a proposal for the Canadian Chancery Building in Accra, Ghana (1969), a proposal for the Government of Canada's official residence in Dakar, Senegal (1970) and a new entrance to Redpath Hall, McGill University (1968).
"Photographs, 1971-2, 32 photographs." The project for offices and laboratories for Bell Northern Research contains photographs.
"Professional Papers, 1970, 6 cm." A project for the campus of the University of Windsor contains a planning report and a proposed extension to the Faculty Club of McGill University also contains a report.

"Dessins architecturaux, 1968-1972, 138 dessins." Quatre projets sont documentés par des dessins, dont la plupart se rapportent au projet de bureaux et de laboratoires commandés par la société Bell Northern Research à Ottawa (1971-1972); d'autres dessins se rapportent à une proposition d'immeuble pour la chancellerie canadienne à Accra, Ghana (1969), à une proposition de résidence officielle du gouvernement canadien à Dakar, Sénégal (1970), et à une nouvelle entrée pour la salle Redpath de l'Université McGill (1964).
"Photographies, 1971-1972, 32 photos." Le projet de bureaux et de laboratoires de Bell Northern Research est documenté par des photos.
"Documents professionnels, 1970, 6 an." Un projet pour le campus de l'Université de Windsor s'assortit d'un rapport de planification et une proposition d'annexe au Cercle universitaire de l'Université McGill est aussi assorti d'un rapport.

The fonds consists of textual records related to the operations and administration of the Percé Handicrafts Guild, the Black Whale Shop, as well other community initiatives sponsored by Percé Handicrafts Guild such as the the Black Whale Dental Clinic, and photographs of the shop and its volunteers. Operational and administrative files are intermingled with a range of informal correspondence, in particular many letters between Ethel Renouf and Phyllis Birks, and files of anecdotal notes and clips related to the Black Whale shop as well as to the history, flora, and geology of the Gaspé region.

Formal administrative records consist of letters patent for the Percé Handicrafts Guild, full minutes for 1939, and brief annual summaries of activities from 1933 to 1975. Legal documents comprise licence and registration papers, together with pertinent correspondence, 1938-1953, and a correspondence file relating to rental of the shop building. The financial side is illustrated by a cash book, 1934, and files of miscellaneous receipts, inventories, balance sheets and bookkeeping instructions, 1935-1971. Almost half the records of the Black Whale are informal in nature, for example, letters from Ethel Renouf to Phyllis Birks mixing personal news with accounts of shop operations and craft production, 1934-1937. Files of anecdotal notes and clippings relate the shop and to the history of the Gaspé, as well as on the flora and geology of the region. The fonds includes a copy of The Black Whale cookbook and some related records.. Some correspondence, budget notes and flyers pertain to the work of the Dental Clinic, 1939-1940. Sixty photographs featuring different views of the Black Whale handicrafts shop in Percé, Quebec, are also included. A number of photographs are individual and group portraits of the volunteers who created and ran the shop, including Ethel Renouf. A few photographs document a Black Whale Shop stand at the University of Montreal.

The Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds follows the family of Sir John William Dawson, geologist and Principal of McGill University from 1855-1893, through four generations, including both personal and scientific papers of John William Dawson, his son-in law, B. J. Harrington, and his son, explorer, geologist, and Director of the Geological Survey George Mercer Dawson. Other family members include James Dawson, father to Sir John William Dawson, a Scots immigrant to Nova Scotia, printer, stationer, unsuccessful investor and zealous Presbyterian; John William's wife Margaret Mercer; their children William Bell Dawson, an engineer, Rankine Dawson, a physician, and Anna Lois Dawson. Also represented are Anna Dawson Harrington and B. J. Harrington's children, Eva Dawson and her husband, Hope Atkin, and their families

Most of this archive documents the High School for Girls. The administrative records comprise prospecti for both High Schools, registers of attendance, 1875-1896, examinations, 1855-1858, 1884-1888, fees, 1863-1869, and corporal punishment, 1892-1896, 1949-1960, and memoranda from the Rector applying to either the boys' division or to both High Schools, 1897-1904. There are also working notes for teachers, 1902-1903, 1921-1931, and scrapbooks of programmes, clippings and notes concerning activities in both schools, covering the years 1913 to 1960. Examination papers, 1872-1882, a guest book, 1919-1943, an annotated address book of High School for Girls staff prepared by Principal L.M. Hendrie, 1911-1945, and photographic portraits of the Principals of the High School for Girls round out this series. Student activities are reflected not only in the official scrapbooks, but also in minute books, photograph albums and scrapbooks of the High School for Girls' Athletic Association, 1912-1913, Literary and Debating Society, 1906-1908, and English Club, 1935-1940. There are a large number of photographs of girls' sports teams, 1915-1941, as well as a scrapbook of clippings on the activity of High School for Girls Alumnae, 1953-1956.

Description forthcoming.
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The fonds consists of records related to Robert Allen Cleghorn’s professional activities in psychiatry and includes 2 albums of photographs, lists of Cleghorn publications, 4 non-academic papers, a copy of Building on around the past: 50 years of psychiatry at McGill, and a carbon copy of Cleghorn's report to the Canadian Medical Association Journal on the Third World Congress of Psychiatry, 1961.