Correspondence written and received by Rev. Andrew MacDonell including one to his sister Annie Lawrence in Clandonald, Alberta, and arranged chronologically as a file perhaps by Clare Lawrence. Includes letters sent to MacDonell by Scots expressing interest in his settlement plans, letters of reference for settlement applicants, requests for information by relatives of settlers, and letters from immigrants and from friends of MacDonell in Great Britain and Canada. The file also includes some correspondence with Alberta Member of Parliament Alfred Speakman and with the Archbishop of Toronto, and a few letters regarding MacDonell's interest in Scottish genealogy.