Notebook labeled “Surgery” and “Institutes” containing notes from 1865 when Bell was enrolled in McGill College.

File includes small notebook containing death certificates provided by John Bell during 1875 and a small pocket notebook with the title "Almanack 1867," inscribed: "This book belongs to Dr. Bell, 776 Craig Street, Montreal." Notebook contains a variety of miscellaneous notes including names, addresses, and brief diary notes including mention of a trip to England.

Files 24-26 were originally organized into one envelope entitled, “John Bell - Professional Correspondence.” These files contain booklets noting prescriptions for September 1871 and January 1872; an 1872 report by John Bell; a series of handwritten notes bundled title titled “Notes from Dr. Ochterlony’s Clinics, addressed to Dr. R. Bell, Queen’s College, Kingston; a small envelope containing notes to John Bell titled “Dr. J. Bell, House Apothecary, Montreal General Hospital”; various letters from people seeking medical help; and notes relating to his activities as a militia physician.

Files 34-36 were originally organized into one folder entitled, “John Bell – Personal Correspondence (Family & Friends).” Letters in these files are sometimes arranged by person, with letters by one correspondent originally folded together. Correspondents include a cousin Mrs. James Walker, Robert Bell (including one letter discussing the clothes necessary for John to start his medical practice, 1866), Bell’s sister Mary, a relative Dr. W. R. Malloch, step-sister Eliza Wilkie, members of the Notman family, Bell’s step-brother Andrew Bell living at Pointe Fortune, Quebec, Bell’s mother, step-brother William, and a cousin George Bell.

Files 34-36 were originally organized into one folder entitled, “John Bell – Personal Correspondence (Family & Friends).” Letters in these files are sometimes arranged by person, with letters by one correspondent originally folded together. Correspondents include a cousin Mrs. James Walker, Robert Bell (including one letter discussing the clothes necessary for John to start his medical practice, 1866), Bell’s sister Mary, a relative Dr. W. R. Malloch, step-sister Eliza Wilkie, members of the Notman family, Bell’s step-brother Andrew Bell living at Pointe Fortune, Quebec, Bell’s mother, step-brother William, and a cousin George Bell.

Series consists of medical reprints and reprints of articles on natural history as well as other published items such as reports of the Home and School of Industry and the Protestant Infants Home of Montreal.