The fonds consists of textual documents, photographs, films, drawings and medals relating to Maxwell J. Dunbar’s professional life. These documents predominantly cover his early career (1935-1970), though include his later distinctions (1980-1990). In addition, there are 13 diaries of scientific expeditions (1935-1938), which reveal the progress made in the Field of Arctic research, mainly of scientific exploration in Greenland and Ungava Bay. One diary, non-scientific in nature, was kept by Maxwell Dunbar’s wife, Jean, during a winter in Greenland (1945-1946), when Dunbar was Acting Consul for Canada. The diary gives an interesting account of day-to-day life in Greenland in the post-war period. Included is correspondence and reports on Nansen Drift Station, and Dunbar’s extended biography (about 100 pages). Cartographic materials consist of charts dealing with fauna, fish, seabirds, and shorebirds of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (1980). Non-textual records comprise of 7 reels of film with an Arctic subject. The files are arranged by subject and the diaries are in chronological order.
The fonds consists of notes, reports and a copy of Maysie MacSporran’s thesis on James McGill and reflects her research activities in Canadian archives for the Library of Congress as well as her student activities at both Columbia and McGill. There is very little material on her teaching career.
The fonds concerns the association’s interaction with members and negotiations with the McGill University administration. The majority of the records concern internal committee meetings, research on issues, with much smaller amount of records consisting of executive correspondence and newsletters.
McGill Association of University Teachers. Librarians' Section
The fonds consists of the records of the McGill Library and Information Studies Student Association and reflects their activities on behalf of McGill Library and Information Studies students to coordinate social and professional activities, and to ensure representation of student interests in the school, in the university, and in the library and information profession. It is comprised of presidential files and correspondence (1990-1998); executive members files (1990-1992); minutes, including internal and external meetings (1986-2002); financial and legal records (1989-1998); administrative files (1989-2001); and records documenting social events (1990-1995).
McGill University. Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. Student Association
This collection consists of the seven original volumes of the minute books and two reels of microfilm of the records of the McGill Physical Society, 1897-1959. The minutes give brief summaries of addresses and demonstrations given at meetings. Of particular interest are the passages relating to experiments of Rutherford and Soddy.
The McGill Poster Collection documents posters and ephemera announcing campus activities, primarily in the 1970s with some 1980s and 1990s material present.
This fonds reflects the activist activities of QPIRG McGill, chiefly on the McGill campus and the Montreal area, through Board of Directors minutes, as well as pamphlets, publications such as a student activist manual and audio visual materials, relating to working groups, projects and workshops concerned with issues such as the environment and empowerment. Minutes of the Interim Joint Board of PIRG-Quebec and records of joint retreat training activities reflect the interaction of QPIRG McGill with university PIRGS in the Montreal area.
The fonds documents the client files (approximately 1976-2000), administrative records (approximately 1976-2000) and computer backup tapes (approximately 1989-1998) of McGill Systems Incorporated (MSI).
