Collection consists of four documents about nineteenth-century medical services in Quebec. The first is a draft letter dated December 31, 1847, written in Quebec by a physician who requests that the recipient, likely the Governor’s secretary, submit his application for the position of doctor at the Quebec Gaol and House of Corrections to the Governor. This correspondence follows the death of Dr. Farques, who died twenty days earlier. The author notes that he had assumed most responsibilities for an extended period due to Dr. Farques’ illness. The draft contains multiple pencil corrections.

The second document is a letter from Dr. James Fisher (d. 1922) to the Quebec Garrison surgeon, providing a testimonial regarding a head wound sustained by Louis Fortier. Dr. Fisher states that he is unable to offer a prognosis, as head wounds are inherently unpredictable in their outcomes. The letter is signed by James Fisher, Garrison Surgeon, Quebec, on January 12, 1796, and is sworn before J. Blackwood, Justice of the Peace.

The third document is a French-language draft petition dated January 26, 1820, regarding the opening of the institution for the mentally disturbed and orphans. It is addressed to “Son Honneur James Monk, Ecuier, President administrant le Gouvernement du Bas-Canada.” The docket reads: “Projet de Requete presentee a Son Hoheur le President pour les personnes derangees dans leur Esprit & les enfants abandonnes, par les Commissaires.” The paper bears the watermark W. Turner & Son and contains pencil corrections.

The fourth document is a receipt for medical services, dated May 3, 1876, in Montreal.

Collection consists of correspondence, 1912-1947, from Wilfrid Laurier, Emile Berliner, Ralph David Blumenfeld, John Boynton Priestley, John Huston Finley, Malcolm MacDonald, and others. Some letters include newspaper clippings regarding the author or a brief description of the author's background, written by Livinson.

Greeley's papers comprise 15 letters, and the original typescript, with handwritten corrections of Chapters 11-18 of Arctic Discoveries.

The Aileen Ross fonds consists mainly of correspondence (1935-1990), research files, a brief autobiography (1940-1980), biographical material (1920-1990), and specific talks (1942-1973). Included are personal diaries (1918-1962), appointment books (1946-1992), and Matthew Ibbotson's correspondence to Ross (1921-1927). Books, original and printed articles, newspaper clippings, and reviews of books and articles are also part of the collection. Non textual records consist of several photographs.

The fonds consists of the personal papers of Aimé Sydney Bruneau, including personal family and WWI correspondence, diaries, minutes, manuscripts, and Shakespeare manuscripts.

The Alice Johannsen fonds reflects her lifelong involvement in nature, museums, community and her fealty towards her father, Herman-Smith (Jackrabbit) Johannsen. It consists of three series; personal and family series, 1994 to 1991, the Redpath series, 1919-1971 and a professional activities series, 1919-1971.

The major record of the McGill Chapter's early years is a register containing members' signatures, 1911-1969, and minutes from 1912 to 1932; a second minute book covers the period 1960-1969. Approximately two-thirds of the papers are secretary's files from 1961 to 1978 containing membership lists, correspondence concerning prospective members, circular letters announcing meetings, and correspondence with the headquarters of AOA. There are also receipts for initiation fees from 1954 to 1969.

The collection consists of autographed signed letters from multiple senders, representing authors, artists, politicians, and other figures from Canada and Europe. The letters were accumulated by the Rare Books and Special Collections unit of the McGill Library over many years and assembled into the collection.

Fonds consists of six autograph signed letters written at Montreal by Ann Adams, dated between 24 March 1834 to 26 December 1937, to her son Edward H. in Providence, Rhode Island, and Philadelphia. Letters contain local news (churches and organs built, the railroad to St. Johns, fires, printing and publishing, cholera, etc.), observations on the worsening tensions between Papineau and the "Canadiens" and the "Loyalists," and accounts of preaching by an Indigenous convert to Christianity.

Campbell's papers contain some students materials, a small amount of correspondence, and commemorative materials associated with his retirement in 1950 and his 75th birthday in 1961. Student materials consist of mimeographed lecture notes for a course by Dr. J.C. Meakins, with Campbell's handwritten notes. The subjects covered are heart and lung diseases and the nervous system. Correspondence consists of a letter from Lady Drummond offering the services of the Canadian Red Cross Society to Campbell, 1917. A volume of photographs and biographies of doctors and nurses connected with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Montreal General Hospital, 1883-1950. was assembled by Campbell himself. Also included is 4 cm of correspondence and questionnaires, largely from former interns and residents who had served under Campbell's regime. An album of letters from former colleagues and friends commemorates Campbell's 75th birthday, 1961.