Series consists of chiefly of notebooks of transcriptions of letters from Henry James and Edel's notes, based on thousands of James letters that Edel located and consulted during many decades of research. Bulk of transcriptions are from letters dating between 1865 and 1916. Also contains some copies of letters James family correspondence and copies of letters from James Russell Lowell to James.

Series consists of manuscripts and typescript drafts, proofs, and corrected proofs of Edel’s publications not directly related to Henry James. Publications for which drafts are found in this series include Edel’s memoirs, “Writing Lives”, “The Artist in Old Age”, “Stuff of Sleep and Dreams”, “The ‘Two Cultures’ and the Modern Imagination”, book reviews, “Shaping and Telling: The Biographer at Work”, “”Literary Biography”, a memoir of Louis Rapkine, and others. Drafts of various lectures are also included.

Series consists of clippings and off-prints about Edel and other authors including Willa Cather, Ezra Pound, and William Yeats.

Series consists of Edel's notes and research files on James Joyce. Also includes Edel's publication "Joyce: The Last Journey," with revisions and related clippings and correspondence.

Series consists of drafts, proofs, and corrected manuscripts of Edel's extensive publications on Henry James, as well as for the text of a CBC documentary series on Henry James. Also includes manuscripts, notes, and corrections for Edel's publication, "Some memories of Edith Wharton."

Series consists of assorted financial records from Edel.

This series contains scrapbooks and notebooks created by McGill students, their families, and McGill student organizations between 1870 and 2001.

This series is described at the item level. Student scrapbooks contain photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera such as programmes and invitations that document the student’s life and studies while they were at McGill. Student notebooks contain drawings, notes, photographs, and reports created by McGill students as part of their coursework. Scrapbooks and notebooks of McGill student organizations contain schedules, notes, photographs, press clippings, programmes, and sketches related to the organizations’ activities.

Series contains newspaper clippings and magazines containing articles, reviews, or special issues on Expo 67.

This series consists of a 248-page spiral-bound volume, with a 4-page Introduction. The volume presents edited transcripts of interviews held with 33 persons by Dr. Helmer and his graduate students Rachel Anderson and Katharine Neufeld. The initial transcripts were reviewed by each interviewee and the edited versions presented in this document were approved by them.

This series consists of research materials pertaining to Canadian and American immigration, namely copies of primary and secondary sources as well as notes and charts by Dr. Helmer. The series contains approximately 35 items.