Fonds consists of reports, press clippings, information about individual and society delegates, and administration and planning records for the 1981 Learned Societies Conference held at Dalhousie University.
Folder consists of an 1823 membership certificate for Rev. Thomas MacCulloch from the Wernerian Natural History Society (12 January 1808 – 16 April 1858) which was an offshoot of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the 1827 membership certificate from the Montreal Natural History Society (1827-1928).
