Series consists of memorabilia including a drawing by [Stephen Leacock]; publicity for Leacock's books Behind the Beyond, My Discovery of the West, Here are My Lectures and The British Empire [1913-1940]; and publicity for lectures including one on reciprocity [1911] and a series on the Chautauqua circuit [1922].
Series also includes financial Records including a document relating to a Deed of Sale 1924 and 14 publishing contracts 1924-1944.
Series also consists of manuscripts, largely unmarked typescript carbons but including handwritten notes and drafts as well. Included are "Crossing the Frontier" and "This Blue Law Business" for the Dominion News Syndicate 1921 and "Back to Work" for the Metropolitan Newspaper Service. There is an original typescript of "With the Authorities", with a handwritten title page bearing Leacock's name and a manuscript annotation, and manuscript notes of "Help Wanted", on the teaching of latin, for a sketch on theatricals, and of drafts of two plays. The other titles included are "On the Joy of a New Book", "Our Language of Tomorrow", "We Canadians", and, for McGill News, "Some Anecdotes of McGill" [1943].
Series also includes teaching Notes including a printed pamphlet 1920 relating to McGill University's Bankers' Extension Course given by Leacock and a timetable and course outlines 1925.
Series also includes clippings largely comprising reviews and articles on Leacock from American and British clippings services and publishers during the 1920s-1930s, but also including clippings dating back to 1904 and clippings about his death in 1944.
Series also consists of posthumous material including a small amount of Barbara Nimmo's correspondence concerning Leacock, a typed note relating to the Liberty ship the S.S. Stephen Leacock 1944, material on the musical Sunshine Town 1955, a notice of the Old Brewery Bay Players 1944, and posthumous clippings on Stephen Leacock 1940s-1980s.
