File contains correspondence with different individuals, including Bruce P. Elman, Richard H. Vogel, Patti Allen, John A. Yogis, Jill Shlossberg, Robert G. MacKeigan, Adolf Laufs, Patricia Hyndman, Carol Reardon, Dick Evans, Anita Dubinsky, Bertha Wilson, John Willis, Denne Burchell, Cameron M. Smith, Allan E. Blakeney, Christine Boyle, Betsey Chambers, Lui Gaolong, Brian Derrah, Matthew Garfield, Lorne E. Rozovsky, A.E. Anton, Basil D. Stapleton, Gaylen A. Duncan, and others. File includes a photograph of John J. Copland taken in 1979, a photograph of J.L. Dubinsky possibly taken in the 1980s, newspaper clippings, typescripts, handwritten notes, and other materials related to the subject.

Fonds comprises record created or collected by Vincent MacDonald that primarily document his work as a legal scholar and lecturer. Record types include manuscript and printed copies of his writing and lectures about government, the Canadian Constitution, the British North America Act and other topics. There is also correspondence from colleagues, including letters from former Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King; newspaper clippings; memorabilia; and photographs.