The Maxwell archive spans the full history of one of Canada's largest and most influential architectural firms. Drawings, photographs, professional and personal correspondence and other papers recording the activities of Montreal architects Edward Maxwell (1867-1923) and William Sutherland Maxwell (1874-1952, see CAC 2.02), and their associates. Others papers include office records, daily journal, measurement books, scrap-books, a preliminary index to the Maxwell archive and biographical material.

Le fonds Maxwell témoigne des activités de l'un des plus grands et des plus prestigieux cabinets d'architectes du Canada. Des dessins, des photographies, de la correspondance professionnelle et personnelle et divers autres documents témoignent des activités des architectes montréalais Edward Maxwell (1867-1923) et William Sutherland Maxwell (1874-1952, voir CAC 2.02) et de leurs associés. Au nombre des autres documents, signalons des dossiers de bureau, un journal personnel, des cahiers de relevés, des cahiers de coupures, un index préliminaire du fonds Maxwell et du matériel biographique.

The fonds contains drawings of two unidentified houses and 50 photographs documenting Wright's designs of houses as well as Wright's correspondence.

The fonds contains a drawing of a funeral monument for Dr. Daniel Tracey (1795-1832), intended for the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.

Le fonds contient un dessin d'un monument funéraire à la mémoire du Dr Daniel Tracey (1795-1832) destiné au cimetière du Mont-Royal, à Montréal.

"Architectural Drawing, n.d." The archive contains a watercolour detail of an elevation of a memorial to Joanni Aberino Jacobi.

"Dessin architectural, s.d." Le fonds contient un détail à l'aquarelle d'une élévation d'un monument à la mémoire de Joanni Aberino Jacobi.

Fonds consists of personal letters between Howard family members and close relations (C. P. Howard, William Osler, Grace Osler, the Wright family etc.). Subjects range from wedding engagement congratulations for C. P. Howard and Otillie Wright, personal introductions from Grace Osler, to professional appointment letters. There are original photographs (as well as a few copies) of candid Osler family moments, formal family portraits, hospital photos of Osler at work, as well as several professional portraits of William Osler by prominent Montreal photographers. The fonds also includes miscellaneous reprints, booklets, and various other publication materials such as R. P. Howard's valedictory addresses to several graduating classes, personal copies of medical case studies, Olser's handwritten medical notes from 1875-1878, as well as original caricature sketches by Edward Revere Osler. In addition, there is a small photo album (in its own presentation box) with John Hopkins Hospital staff portraits (names included) from 1902-1903. The photo album is stamped "C.P.H." on the front cover.\nIncluded in the fonds are the following books: The Holy Bible (Oxford, 1912), The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Diamond Edition, New York, 1881), and Robert Bridges The Spirit of Man (Longmans Green and Co., London, 1916).

The fonds includes Dr. Archibald’s correspondence and reports pertaining to the Ministry of National Defence, 1940-1945; certificates and diplomas; and a photograph. The correspondents include family members, Dr. John McCrae and Sir William Osler. There is also a draft of a book on wound ballistics and gas gangrene; an Army Field Service book, 1916 and two notebooks on internal and external pathology, “matiere medicale et therapeutique,” and “medecine legale et toxicologie,” 1895.

The fonds contains correspondence concerning a dinner in honour of Sir William Osler at the University Club, New York, organized by Beverly Chew, M. Taylor Pyne, Edward G. Kennedy, William Augustus White, Frederick R. Halsey and Ernest Dressel North in 1913. The fonds includes 74 original letters. E.D. North managed the correspondence for the event, which included numerous bibliophiles.