Item consists of correspondence from Owen Bell Jones to Archibald MacMechan, dated June 20, 1921 from Windsor, Nova Scotia, discussing the difficult transition from a military life to legal life: the "realization that I was studying law and not deciphering code messages from Prime Minister [Viktor] Pepelaev."
File contains correspondence between Ronald St. John MacDonald and Geping Rao, Song Ying, Bruce Archibald, Henry R. Zheng, Luo Haocai, and Robert S. Prichard.
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of a lecture delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr to students of the Faculty of Law on November 12, 1962.
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.
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.
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.
Fonds contains correspondence; MacKay's Harvard Law School class notes; published reports; and educational certificates. There is also correspondence with the Canadian Bar Association, Canadian National Commission for Unesco, and the University of Toronto Press.
Item is a parchment certificate admitting and enrolling James Thomson as an attorney and barrister of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, sealed and signed by Brenton Halliburton, Chief Justice of Nova Scotia.
