Fonds comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his personal, academic, and professional activities as a jurist, judge, and professor. Records include those related to Macdonald's involvement with Osgoode Hall, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, Peking University, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Records types include correspondence; meeting minutes and agendas; research materials; photographs; newsletters; newspaper clippings; manuscripts; and off-prints.
Series comprises correspondence regarding Macdonald's professional and academic involvement with institutions including Osgoode Hall, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, Peking University, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Series also contains correspondence between Ronald St. John Macdonald and individuals including Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, Paul E. Martin, Jean Chrétien, Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Wang Tieya, A. Donat Pharand, and others.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's items of interest collected throughout his life, including biographical materials, art pieces, newspaper clippings, periodicals, books, and other materials.
File includes an article about Mildred MacDonald's time at Dalhousie University, newspaper clippings of a poem by E. Anne Ryan and of an advertisement of the opening of the Park Lane building in Halifax, three art pieces regarding Canada's landscape, invitations, a Dalhousie University programme of a symposium on undergraduate education, and other materials.
File contains suggested topics for inclusion in the briefs of differents submitters, including the Canadian Life Insurance Officers' Association, Canadian Bankers' Association, Trust Companies' Association of Canada and the Federated Council of Sales Finance Companies.
File contains a draft of chapter 6 of a proposed book on the amalgamation of municipalities on the Faroe Islands, email correspondence to Richard Apostle from Gestur Hovgaard, a presentation version of the paper, and datasets.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his unpublished papers, including a draft of an article developed in conjunction with Elisabeth Mann Borgese.
File includes Marian Binkley, "From Fishing Centre to Tourist Destination: The Restructuring of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia" and "Safety Awareness in the Nova Scotia Deep-sea Fishery"; Gene Barrett, "Social Capital, Community, and the Dialects of Globalization": Gene Barrett and S. Mauricio I. Canigga, "There are More Vets than Doctors in Chiloe: Social and Community Impact of Globalization of Aquaculture"; and Unnur Dis Skaptadottir, "Coping with a Changing Economy in Northern Localities: An Icelandic Case Study." There are also five papers in Norwegian, Faroese or Danish.
