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Architectural drawings, photographs and professional correspondence documenting the architectural practice of the Montreal architect Robert Findlay (1859-1951) are found in the CAC archives.

Le fonds de -la CAC réunit des dessins architecturaux, des photographies et de la correspondance professionnelle témoignant des activités de l'architecte montréalais Robert Findlay (1859-1951).

File list:
"Architectural Drawings, 1891-1927, 204 drawings." Twenty-five projects, primarily for domestic architecture in Montreal as well as summer residences in the country surrounding Montreal, are found in the archive. Also included are designs for Calvary Church in Westmount.
"Photographs, 1900-17, 86 photographs." The archive contains photographs documenting finished exteriors and interiors of eighteen projects, mainly domestic architecture. In addition, there are photographs of Calvary Church, Westmount Public Library and the Sun Life Assurance Co. building.
"Professional Correspondence, 1900, 6 cm." Correspondence and specifications regarding the design and execution of the R. W. Reford house and the stables for the F. W. Molson house, both located in Montreal, are included in the archive.

"Dessins architecturaux, 1891-1927, 204 dessins." Vingt-cinq projets, surtout d'architecture domestique à Montréal, de même que des résidences d'été construites dans les environs de Montréal. Le fonds comprend également les plans de l'église Calvary à Westmount.
"Photographies, 1900-1917, 86 photos." Le fonds contient des photos représentant la finition extérieure et intérieure de 18 projets, surtout d'architecture domestique. On y trouve également des photos de l'église Calvary, de la Bibliothèque municipale de Westmount et du siège social de la Sun Life.
"Correspondance professionnelle, 1900, 6 cm." La correspondance et le cahier des charges de la maison R.W. Reford et des écuries de la maison F.W. Molson, toutes les deux situées à Montréal.

Over half of Jamieson's papers concern the reunion dinners for the Science 1914 class which he organized from the 1920s until the 1960s. His files include correspondence with graduates, a card file of graduates, obituaries of classmates, menus and circulars (1920-1967). Jamieson's student materials comprise projects for a graduate course in strength of materials (1919), and his research activity is documented by correspondence, graphs, and a draft article on welding (1934-1936). Teaching materials include notes and problems for a mechanics course (1946-1952) and problems on indeterminate structures (1952).

This fonds consists of Bell's personal and research files from the period before his appointment as principal (1956-1969) and after his resignation (1979-1983). There is some material from his years as principal (1977), but it concerns Bell as a physicist or as a member of a learned society. The fonds shows Bell's involvement in professional associations, including correspondence, cyclical reviews, information on conferences, lectures, meetings, committees and projects.

The collection consists of correspondence, publishers' agreements, receipts, telegrams, and a Travelers Insurance policy. It also includes the manuscript for the article "Yankee Doodle, Miss Columbia & Ahngmaloktok," which was published in St. Nicholas, Volume 32, Number 2 (1904) under the title "Yankee Doodle and Miss Columbia." The policy from The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, is for Robert E. Peary, dated November 13, 1909. The policy amount is US 50,000 with a premium of US 611.10, covering the period from November 1909 to August 1910. The collection also contains a letter from Ballard & Garrett, Inc. to Broadway Magazine, Inc., acknowledging the official receipt of The Travelers Insurance policy covering Robert E. Peary, a two-page Agreement between Robert E. Peary and Broadway Magazine, Inc., dated November 4, 1909, in which Peary agrees to write a story about his journey to the North Pole, Peary's signed receipt of the agreement and a letter from Benjamin B. Hampton, President of Broadway Magazine, Inc., expressing consent for the Frederick A. Stokes Company to publish all or part of Peary's story, Peary's handwritten copy of a telegram to the President of Hampton's Magazine regarding additional article, as well as the magazine's telegram consenting to his request, two handwritten letters from Peary regarding his writing materials (1892) and thanking the Aluminum Coal Company for supplying his ships (1898). It also includes a typed letter acknowledging the receipt of the North Pole flag (1910), and a typewritten letter from Benjamin Hampton to Commander Robert E. Peary, dated October 2, 1909, regarding Mr. Peary's payment. Lastly, there is a typewritten letter from The American Magazine to Hampton's Magazine, returning the loaned letter from Commander R. E. Peary. The manuscript of "Yankee Doodle, Miss Columbia & Ahngmaloktok" is in File 2 (16 leaves, leaves 2 and 5 are missing).

The papers contain printed biographical materials: newsclippings on Craik's appointment as Dean (1889), his resignation (1901) and his death, as well as printed addresses by and in honour of him. There is also a typescript copy of the Medical Faculty's resolution at the time of Craik's death. A letter from Craik to a Miss Charleton (1904) thanks her for assistance in compiling an obituary.

The fonds consists of a file of correspondence regarding the publication of R.C. Fetherstonhaugh's McGill University at War 1914-1918 and 1939-1945: raised for use in the Comptroller's Office.

Letters and diaries, including typescript transcriptions with photographs, newspaper clippings and ephemera.

The fonds consists of Robert Bell's student notebooks related to his medical studies in Surgery, Materia Medica, Practice of Medicine, Obstetrics, Physiology and Clinics at McGill University. The fonds also contains circular letters and medical advertisements. Inventory for acc.732 purchased from John Mappin in 1979 also included in fonds.

Fonds contains lecture notes taken by Robert Struthers at McGill Medical College in 1881-1882, including notes on Pathology, Surgery and Ophthalmology. Lecturers include Robert Palmer Howard, Sir Thomas Roddick and Sir William Osler. There is also a case report by Struthers. The fonds includes two notebooks and a case report.