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File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on general the Northern Canadian Arctic. This file includes the following booklets

• The Arctic in Fact and Fble by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 1945
• Arctic ice Islands by L.S. Koenig, K.R. Greenaway, Moira Dunbar, and G. Hattersley-Smith, 1952
• A Brief History of Exploration and Research in the Candaian Eastern Arctic, March 1945
• Canada's Western Arctic, 1948
• Physical Geography of the Canadian Eastern Arctic, 1946
• Contributions from the Dominion Observatory vol. 1 no. 3, The Search for the North Magnetic Pole by R. Glenn Madill, 1948
• An Introduction to the Geography of the Canadian Arctic. Canadian Geography Information Series No. 2, 1951
• The Ice Age in The North American Arctic by Richard Foster Flint. 1952.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on broadcasting in the North. This file contains student papers, photocopied government documents, and some newspaper clippings. Topics in this file include the Northern broadcasting policy, electronic communications, the effects of television on the Inuit population, and Eskimo oral traditions.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Arctic Sovereignty. This file includes booklets written on arctic sovereignty and the Canadian Arctic resources committee. The authors of these booklets include W.H Patterson, L.C Green, and R. Franson, A.R Lucas, and A.R Thompson.

File consists of Prof. John Wadland’s subject file on Arctic Anthropology. This file consists of booklets with topics including, field work on Banks and Victoria islands in Arctic Canada, antiquity, the Pig Site, Eskimo art, public consultations on population questions, and archaeological resources of the Canadian north.

Chatelain's map of North America was published to promote the interests of the Compagnie Francoise Occident, a trading company established to encourage the development of the Louisiana territory and as a consequence of its development, the stabilization of a lagging French economy. The map illustrates the relationship among the French, English and Spanish claims on the continent.

This fonds consists of Norman Townsend's original research material, including extensive field notes, of the Pokomo people of Tana Irrigation Scheme, Kenya; research papers by Norman Townsend (& others); university course outlines & lecture material; bibliographies; correspondence with researchers, universities, and the Canada Council, etc. as well as maps, especially of Africa.

This 73-page typewritten manuscript is an anecdotal record of the information McBain amassed about the properties in northeast Cavan Township. It includes a record of the hamlet of Springville west of the Cavan-Monaghan boundary and of Fairmount (formerly Morrow), a crossroads on the 12th Line, and references to Ida and Mount Pleasant on the middle road. There are in-depth references to properties and families on the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th lines east of the middle road to the Monaghan boundary.

This collection consists of a number of articles written by Norman McBain about families in Cavan and about topics of interest in the Cavan area, i.e. inns, taxes, schools, etc. It also includes the following: an article by E.S. Clarry on an 1821 petition to the King regarding voting rights; a bylaw re taverns; the history of Fairmount Church and Methodist givings; an 1896 ballot for Cavan officers; a clipping re George Berry; a list of Overseers of Highways, fence viewers, etc.; an audited financial statement of Cavan for 1875; a newspaper report of Cavan Council business; an invoice re sidewalks; notes on Cavan town hall; and several pages of original hand-written notes re persons holding various offices in Cavan. Also included are copies of clippings re Cavan Blazers, school graduation results, etc.