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1 typed manuscript, with hand-written amendments.; 2 carbon copies.; 1 typed partial draft.; 1 hand-written draft.; 3 sets of correspondence (Set #1: 2 pieces of correspondence. Set#2: 5 pieces of correspondence. Set #3: 2 pieces of correspondence, plus 1 cutting from the Milwaukee Sentinel 4 Feb. 1964, a xerox from the Encyclopeadia of Biography, and a xerox of the "History of Milwaukee pages 370-373.

McLennan's manuscripts of his literary works include drafts of Old Canadian Songs, 1885, Eighteen Poems, 1885-1898, The Indiscretion of Grosse Boule, ca 1890, Une soeur, ca 1890, As Told to His Grace, 1891, Mon compère Melchior and an early version of A King for a Week, 1892, John McDonnell of Scotus, 1896; probably an early version of Spanish John, A Question of Courage, 1896?, The Span o' Life, 1897, translations of 8 poems from Henri Murger's La Vie de Bohème, 1885, the outline of a projected novel, The Losing Side, and his Notes pour servir à l'histoire de la ville de Montréal, 1880-1888.

The fonds consists of Redbird ski songs from the 1930s and clothing owned by William Maxwell Tait, including an original Redbird Parka (approximately 1930), original Redbird sweater (approximately 1930), Scarlet Key Society sweater (approximately 1930) and a reversible Redbird Parka, thought to have been purchased around 1960.

Three scrapbooks document Birks' involvement with McGill, particularly with the Theological Colleges and the Faculty of Divinity. One contains newspaper clippings and correspondence (1912-1913) concerning the United College of Theology. The second scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and correspondence (1912-1948) on the establishment of the Faculty of Divinity at McGill. The third contains telegrams concerning the appointment of Sir Auckland Geddes as Principal in 1919, as well as newspaper clippings regarding the McGill Fund Campaign (1911) and the Patriotic Fund, (1914-1917). There is also correspondence about church matters and the Joint Theological Colleges and brief accounts of the establishment of the latter, correspondence, minutes, reports, reminiscences and notes document the establishment of the Faculty of Divinity in 1948. There is also a builder's contract and accounts for the Birks building on University Street and a draft fragment of a historical story or novel set in the 14th century about a Richard Birks.