File contains documents and correspondence related to Neil Stewart, including incoming business correspondence; incoming and outgoing personal correspondence, including letters to Isabella Stewart McLennan and from Hugh McLennan; Stewart's insurance policies with Phoenix Fire Office and St. Lawrence Mutual Insurance Co.; an annual report of the Life Association of Scotland; and a partial legal document.

File contains documentation of official complaints made before justice of the peace Neil Stewart. The file also contains Stewart's account summary from Armour and Ramsay booksellers and stationers.

File contains a typed draft of a tourist guide to Montreal.

File contains a draft notebook containing a tourist guide to Montreal.

File contains correspondence and documents primarily related to Griffin's role as solicitor for the Bank of Montreal and his partnership in the firm of Sewell & Griffin. Documents include correspondence to the firm of Sewell & Griffin; a draft of a petition to extend and modify the charter of the Bank of Montreal and a draft charter; correspondence authorizing Edwin Henry King to act as temporary city treasurer; a recipe for J.W. Stevenson's salve; and various ephemera. Notable correspondents include George Moffatt, Henry Starnes, and William Robb.

The series contains textual records spanning the period 1908-1936 created by, collected by, or related to the immediate or extended McLennan family. This material might have been created and/or collected after the death of William McLennan, particularly by his son, William Durie McLennan, and does not appear to have been arranged by Hugh McLennan (1927-2004). Material includes correspondence, including a bound volume of World War I letters; histories of the MacLeod clan and William Stewart; and ephemera.

The fonds consists of photographs and textual records spanning the period 1710-1984, predominantly 1850-1940, related to business and personal lives of five generations of the McLennan family (immediate and extended), as well as to the work of Montreal lawyer, Frederick Griffin. McLennan family materials consist of photographs; incoming and outgoing correspondence; genealogical information and family histories; diaries and remembrances; newspaper clippings and ephemera; official documents; obituaries and tributes; drafts of writings, research notes, and sketches; and other documents.

The McLennan family materials includes a series reflecting William McLennan’s writing career, personal interests, and family life. William McLennan’s materials include full and partial drafts of published and unpublished works; research and reference materials; incoming and outgoing correspondence; legal and official documents; collected historical materials and documents; notes; sketches; journals; newspaper clippings and ephemera; photographs; and other materials.

The fonds also consists of a series reflecting Frederick Griffin’s occupation as a lawyer and his role as founder of the Canadian Loan Company. Frederick Griffin’s materials include incoming correspondence and draft responses; various financial and legal documents; legal research notes and drafts of legal documents; memoranda; meeting minutes; land and property documents and surveyors reports; newspaper clippings and ephemera; and other documents.

Finally, the fonds contains a series consisting of William Durie McLennan’s records, which were primarily created between 1914 and 1915 and pertain to his military service during the First World War. Record types in this series include the following: a handwritten, personal notebook; a typescript of this notebook; correspondence; service records from the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces; news clippings; black and white photographs; collected signatures from Canadian dignitaries; and materials from the 5th Battery Association of 1914.

File contains an announcement of the death of Martha Muller in German with English translation. The file also contains a card written to Elizabeth Paterson McLennan Brainerd, wife of Winthrop Brainerd, from Paul Muller.

File contains a phrenological chart for Marion Paterson completed by Edwin Leighton.

File contains personal correspondence written to Marion Paterson by family friend Gustavus George Stuart, her future brother-in-law.

File contains personal correspondence from Marion Paterson to William McLennan.

Picture of Bartlett McLennan's grave with flowers.

Picture of the road towards Amiens, France, just taking in a corner of the British Cemetery.

Picture of a man standing beside a woman who is kneeling and laying flowers on the grave of Barlett McLennan.

Picture of a flowering plant with graves in the background.

Picture of the Longueau British Cemetery surrounded by a wood and wire fence. A sign on the right reads "Longueau Military Cemetery." A stamp of the back of the photograph reads "Canadian Official Photograph." Bartlett McLennan's grave is visible just right of centre.

Picture of Longueau British Cemetery from across the road.

Picture of Bartlett McLennan's grave from a distance, with bottom of memorial cross on the left side.

Picture of Longueau British Cemetery with memorial cross on the right.

Picture of Longueau British Cemetery, surrounded by a low wall.

Picture of a house with a man standing in the doorway.

Picture of facade of a house.

File contains legal documents, incoming correspondence and draft responses, notes, and ephemera. Legal documents include a release of dower from Jane Eliza Bethune and Alexander Neil Bethune to his brother John Bethune; power of attorney from J. August Belmont to William Brown Junior; Cadastre Abrégé (land ownership list) for the Jenison (or Jennison) fief; draft of an "Abstract from the Books of the Bank of Montreal, exhibiting a general Statement of the affairs of that Institution on the 1st of February 1831, as required by the Act of the Provincial Parliament;" a legal notice issued to John Rose and Thomas Ryan by Griffin and [William F. Coffin?] regarding a legal case involving Edward Ellice, John Forsyth, William Forsyth Grant, and John Blackwood Forsyth; and a power of attorney from Edmond Goebel de Harrant to Frederick Griffin. Incoming correspondence is largely related to Bank of Montreal business. Correspondents include Louis Andre Ducheny, August Belmont, and Robert Milroy, Georges-Barthélemi Faribault, among others.

File contains land sale agreements for properties in Glengarry County, Ontario. Parties to the agreements include Dougald Cameron and Allan Morrison; Michael Duncan and John and Mary Hart; Malcolm McKellep and William McLennan; Walter and Moses Sutherland and John McBean; and Samuel Falkner and James Falkner. Many of the documents are witnesses by conveyancer John McLennan (1789-1866).

Picture of building facade viewed through closed iron gate. Sign reading "Lamb's Cottage" is visible hanging from the gate.

The file contains legal documents related to King's Bench cases. Documents include extracts of the burials of Thomas Peck and Gabriel Christie and a declaration of Tiers-Saisis (garnishees) in a case between Ebenezer Baird and William Douglas.

File contains research materials and notes on Louis Juchereau de Saint-Denis, including genealogical information, copies of archival documents, and research notes.

File contains copies of archival documents related to Louis Juchereau de Saint-Denis.

File contains copies of archival documents related to Louis Juchereau de Saint-Denis, as well as typed and handwritten monograph drafts.

File contains research materials and notes on Louis Juchereau de Saint-Denis, including copies of archival documents, newspaper clippings, and research notes.

File contains financial documents primarily related to John McLeod, including promissory notes and receipts of payments received, account statements, and correspondence regarding monies owed. Other parties in these financial matters include George McBean, John McLennan, Thomas McPherson, John Anderson, Joseph Davidson, and the firm of Desrivieres, Blackwood & Co.

File contains correspondence between John Stewart McLennan and Principal Arthur Currie of McGill University regarding the establishment of a scholarship.

File contains a notebook, presumably owned by John McLennan (1789-1866), containing account balance sheets of various individuals in Glengarry County, Ontario.

File contains a draft of the novel "John McDonell of Scottos," later renamed "Spanish John," about the early life and adventures of John McDonell.

File contains a draft of the novel "John McDonell of Scottos," later renamed "Spanish John," about the early life and adventures of John McDonell.

File contains financial documents related to the account of Captain John H. Campbell, managed by John McLennan (1789-1866). Documents include an account balance sheet (addressed to Sir Peregrine Maitland), a statement of expenses and credits, and promissory notes and receipts of payments received.

File contains McGill University's announcement of Isabella Christine McLennan's death and miscellaneous incoming correspondence to Isabella McLennan and Katharine McLennan.

File contains correspondence to Marion and William McLennan from friends and family. The file also contains telegrams sent by William McLennan to Marion McLennan.

File contains personal correspondence to John Stewart McLennan from his brothers William, Francis, and Bartlett McLennan.

File contains business correspondence addressed to Frederick Griffin in his capacity as a lawyer and solicitor. Some correspondence is annotated in Griffin's hand with the date and details of receipt, draft responses, or other notes. Much of the correspondence is from the Bank of Montreal and notable correspondents include F.W. Primrose, E.H. King, Lewis T. Drummond, Richard Bladworth Angus, George O'kill Stuart, Hewitt Bernard, Frédéric-Eugène Globensky, David James Greenshields, Ogilvy Moffatt, Robert LeMoine, among others. File also contains financial and legal documents related to Griffin's work as solicitor and executor of estates, including bank deposit receipts; property tax assessments and receipts; promissory notes; powers of attorney assigned to Griffin by the St. Lawrence Inland Marine Assurance Company and the Bank of Montreal; bills of exchange and protests of bills of exchange; among other documents.

Picture of an unknown library with bookcase, chairs, and end tables.

File contains the publishing contract for "In Old France and New" between Harper & Brothers and William McLennan.

File contains a draft of "In Another World."

Portrait of Hugh S. McLennan with a newspaper clipping on the back regarding his death.

File contains a typed copy of Hugh McLennan's World War I diary and correspondence from Hugh McLennan to his father and family from Europe.

File contains personal correspondence from Hugh McLennan to Isabella Stewart McLennan; a 1875 diary; remembrances and recollections; marriage certificates for Hugh McLennan and Isabella Stewart and Mary Anne Stewart and Gavin Walker; copy of Hugh McLennan's will; privately printed monograph on Hugh McLennan and his family; and recollections of the S.S. Sardinian wreck.