Most of this archive documents the High School for Girls. The administrative records comprise prospecti for both High Schools, registers of attendance, 1875-1896, examinations, 1855-1858, 1884-1888, fees, 1863-1869, and corporal punishment, 1892-1896, 1949-1960, and memoranda from the Rector applying to either the boys' division or to both High Schools, 1897-1904. There are also working notes for teachers, 1902-1903, 1921-1931, and scrapbooks of programmes, clippings and notes concerning activities in both schools, covering the years 1913 to 1960. Examination papers, 1872-1882, a guest book, 1919-1943, an annotated address book of High School for Girls staff prepared by Principal L.M. Hendrie, 1911-1945, and photographic portraits of the Principals of the High School for Girls round out this series. Student activities are reflected not only in the official scrapbooks, but also in minute books, photograph albums and scrapbooks of the High School for Girls' Athletic Association, 1912-1913, Literary and Debating Society, 1906-1908, and English Club, 1935-1940. There are a large number of photographs of girls' sports teams, 1915-1941, as well as a scrapbook of clippings on the activity of High School for Girls Alumnae, 1953-1956.

The fonds consists of records created and accumulated in the course of the Montreal Dental Club's activities from 1897 until 1997 and contains administrative files, 1897-1994; minutes, 1897-1994; correspondence, 1930-1995; financial reports/books, 1897-1909, 1934-1947, 1973-1979; scrapbooks and news clippings, 1888-1963; newsletters, 1961-1981; Fall Clinic records, 1938-1939, 1964-1977; copies of the club's journal, Insight, 1989-1995; four histories of the Montreal Dental Club and the McGill Dental School, 1897-1947, 1946-1997, 1997; and four photos and negatives of a club dinner dance. In addition, the fonds includes undated miscellaneous scientific papers.

This file contains a copy of a photograph of the 1923 McGill hockey team taken after a 2-0 victory against Harvard with accompanying letter (21 December 1923); invitation addressed to Mr. Rankin for a Conversazione held to celebrate the opening of the new Engineering and Physics Buildings (24 February 1893); and a booklet "McGill Medical Milestones" by Edward H. Bensley (1986).

This file contains a class photo of graduates from the McGill faculty of medicine.

This file contains 8 photos of the secretary, treasurer, president, and vice-president of the McGill Women's Union between 1932-1940.

This item is an album of photographs of women's teams part of McGill's Women's Athletics Association and executive for 1967-1968, along with notations of the athlete's and coaches' names.

The collection documents the involvement of McGill faculty, students, alumni, and staff during the Second World War. It contains information on 5568 men and women on active service, including 295 women. It also provides information on the 298 dead, 52 prisoners of war, and 629 recipients of medals.

The greater portion consists of folders, index cards, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs of individual soldiers and civilians. Index cards, documents and photographs were created and accumulated by Fetherstonhaugh and placed in alphabetical order within specific categories. The collection contains four distinct series: index cards; textual documents, including newspaper clippings; correspondence and articles arranged by subject; and photographs. The first series contains subseries reflecting Fetherstonhaugh’s original subdivision categories.

The index cards are arranged in the following groupings:

-Subversive activities
-Killed
-Prisoners of war
-University staff
-Macdonald College
-Army course
-COTC
-US
-General list A-H
-General list I-Mc
-General list M-Z
-Returned from active service
-Photos in extension file
-Photos on loan
-Women
-Civil

Other files in the collection include correspondence and newspaper clippings arranged by particular subjects; correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning the McGill War Memorial Campaign, 1947-1949; Fetherstonhaugh's account book of income and expenditures, and some vouchers, 1942-1946; McGill News articles, 1942-1946; correspondence, memoranda, invoices, reviews, and newspaper clippings, 1947-1948, concerning the book McGill University at War, 1914-1918; 1939-1945.

This file contains a class photo of graduates from the McGill faculty of medicine.

This file contains a class photo of graduates from the McGill faculty of medicine.