Series Genealogical Materials contains hand-written genealogies, family histories, newspapers, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous writings.

Series consists of miscellaneous material produced and collected by Dr. Penfield. This series includes art work, notes, and correspondence, as well as Dr. Penfield's academic robes and hats. This includes copies of the French 'Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de medecine', 'Bulletin de l'Académie nationale de medecine' and 3 editions of the Montreal La Lancette Canadienne journal. The series also includes less than 1 cm of photographs (found in file J 13-1), a framed diploma (file J 2-3) and selections for an exhibit from 1991 by William Feindel.

Series Ledgers, Account Books, and Notes consist of financial record books of various Papineau-owned or affiliated corporations from 1848 to 1882.

Series consists of letterbooks containing copies of letters to family members, on subjects including books, science, family history, and the local (Liverpool) government. There are also letters to the editor of the Pharmaceutical Journal, on the subject of chloroform, and to editors of the Manchester Guardian and The Times newspapers, on subjects including decimal coinage and local cholera deaths.

The series consists of documents and letters relating to a duel between Vane and MacDougall.

Series consists of material generated or collected by Dale Thomson in pursuit of his academic and related interests, including correspondence with other academics, institutions, granting agencies and publishers, and annotated press clippings, articles and papers. There are also notes and transcripts from interviews with Canadian federal and Quebec provincial political figures, and many of his articles, papers and speeches on Canadian and foreign politics. There is also some background information on Dale Thomson, such as curriculum vitae and school transcripts and diplomas. Dale Thomson also collected an assortment of original material as part of his research on Prime Ministers Alexander Mackenzie and Louis st. Laurent and Quebec Premier Jean Lesage. This includes correspondence, memoranda, speeches, pamphlets, a film and an audio recording of a radio broadcast. Series arrangement is primarily by subject, but there are some format-specific files consisting largely of correspondence and published articles.

This series consists of research, writing, and correspondence files relating to Casey Wood's major and minor publications and unpublished works, as well as, others assisting in Wood's publications, research, or writing about Wood. The majority of the research and writing materials for Wood's published and unpublished works were created between 1920-1940, while other materials collected during Wood's life, those associated with his memoir and obituary, date from approximately 1850-1943.
Some prominent writings by Wood include “Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology” (1921-1956), his unpublished memoir (ca. 1850-1939), “Fundus Oculi” (1911-1934), Wood family history (1920-1940), “Birds of Fiji” (1920-1928), “Through Forest and Jungle in Kashmir and North India” (1921-1934); Persian, Arabic and Hindustani manuscripts (1927-1934); and “The Art of Falconry” (1942).
The series consists of many volumes and files containing a number of record types including manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, publications, photographs, correspondence, clippings, printed material, postcards, journals, administrative and financial records, and artwork. Some of the volumes are scrapbooks containing many of these materials mounted within, while others include similar materials bound within. These volumes do not necessarily have a clear organization but are sometimes arranged chronologically or by correspondent.

There are 2230 incoming and outgoing pieces of correspondence including letters, postcards, notes, telegrams, and cards. Subseries 1) Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology includes 1313 pieces of correspondence, the largest number of correspondence within the collection.

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.