Subseries contains Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence regarding a wide range of subjects, including his visits to China, his research on the teaching of international law at Canadian universities and other topics, the development of various of his books, Dalhousie University, Dalhousie Law School Journal, Dalhousie Law School centenary, the Hague, the United Nations, the Canadian Council on International Law, and many other matters. Subseries contains correspondence between Ronald St. John Macdonald and different individuals, including Paul Martin, Quing-nan Meng, Edgar Gold, Paul Fauteux, Dominique Alheritiere, Tom Hick, R. C. Strother, W.A. MacKay, Wang Fusun, J.D. Kingham, Patti Allen, John Vandermeulen, Rene Jean Dupuy, M.C.W. Pinto, Jacqueline Dauchy, Leo Nevas, Avard Bishop, Charles B. Bourne, John Willis, and many others.
Item consists of correspondence sent between 1990 and 1999 between Ronald St. John Macdonald, Myres S. McDougal, H. Peter Stern, W.M. Reisman, Anthony Kronman, Sheryl DeFilippo, Rosalyn Higgins, and Andrea McDowell.
File includes newspaper clippings about Ronald St. John Macdonald's work and his writings, including the articles "security council memberships", "fishing zones", "Canada-US disputes needs new solutions", "important step forward at Western", and "individual rights overlooked in quest to protect groups". File includes two issues of the University of Toronto Versity News periodical of 1967, an issue of the University of Toronto Staff Bulletin of 1968, and the issue vol. 77, no. 3, of October 1997, of the McGill News periodical which contains an article mentioning Mairi St. John Macdonald, and other materials. File contains a letter from Ronald St. John Macdonald to Craig Scott related to lunch arrangements.
File contains the Canadian Institute of International Affairs monthly reports on Canadian external relations, the Canadian Institute of International Affairs news and views on world affairs notes, the Canadian Institute of International Affairs programme notes, the Canadian Institute of International Affairs annual report for 1968-1969, and other materials related to the subject. Includes John F. Sokol's paper "factors that have conditioned Mexican political patterns", a Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea newsletter attached to a note from Prof. Dr. Barbara Kwiatkowska addressed to Ronald St. John Macdonald and a United Nations general assembly resolution of January 2000.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his involvement with the Canadian Council on International Law. Subseries contains conference lists, conference proceedings, bulletins, correspondence, meeting minutes, administrative records, and other materials.