Series consists of photographic material depicting events, cities and towns, and individuals associated with the life and political career of Wilfrid Laurier, published as illustrations in Oscar D. Skelton's Life and Letters of Sir Wilfred Laurier (2 volumes, 1921). The following events are documented: Wilfred Laurier's visit to William E. Gladstone at Hawarden, England, following the Imperial Conference of 1897; the Imperial Conference of 1907, London, England. The following cities and towns are documented: Arthabaska, L'Assomption, St. Lin, Que.; Ottawa, Ont.; Barkerville, Prince Rupert, Quesnel, Vancouver, Victoria, Yale, B.C. The following individuals are documented: Lord Aberdeen, H.H. Asquith, Edward Blake, Louis Botha, L.P.Brodeur, George Brown, Richard Cartwright, Winston Churchill, Lord Dufferin, David Lloyd George, W.E. Gladstone, Lord Grey, W.M. Hughes, N.K. Laflamme, L.H. Lafontaine, H.L. Langevin, Lord Lansdowne, Carolus Laurier, Wilfrid Laurier, Andrew Bonar Law, Marquis of Lorne, John A. Macdonald, Honore Mercier, Lord Minto, Oliver Mowat, L.J. Papineau, W. H. Pope, Lord Stanley, Charles Tupper, Joseph Ward. Photos by unknown photographers and by the following: Topley, Ottawa; Notman, Montreal.
Series consists of photographic material depicting events and individuals associated with the career of Oscar D. Skelton as foreign policy advisor to the Canadian government and as Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs, 1921-1941. The following events are documented: Conference on Doominion Legislation and Merchant Shipping, London, England, 1929. The following individuals are documented: Stanley Baldwin, Earl of Balfour, Lord Bessborough, F.C.Blair, Stanley Bruce, Charles Camsell, R.H. Coates, George P. Graham, J.H. Grisdale, Andrew Haydon, J.B.M. Hertzog, MacKenzie King, Duncan Marshall, O.D. Skelton, J.C. Smuts, Lord Tweedsmuir. Photos by unknown photographers and by the following: Bassano, London; Champlain; Dupras & Colas, Montreal; Elliott & Fry, London; Yousuf Karsh, Ottawa; Vandyk, London.
Series also contains anthroupomorphic caricatures of animals, caricatures of people, imaginary creatures; portraits of Louis Joseph Papineau; caricatures and drawings done by historian Adam Shortt for O.D. Skelton's daughter Sheila.