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.
Subseries contains handwritten notes, annotated typescripts, correspondence, pamphlets, booklets, a copy of the agreement between Peking University International Law Institute and University Rotterdam GLODIS Institute of the Faculty of Law regarding a research and teaching program, a copy of the Canadian-Chinese programme in international and comparative law between Dalhousie University Faculty of Law and Peking University College of Law, a preliminary proposal for a joint research and education project on international law and human rights between Peking University International Law Institute and the University of Ottawa Human Rights Research and Education Centre, and other materials.
