Series consists of photographs depicting founders and officers of American Ornithologists' Union, 1883; members of the Ottawa Lawn Tennis Club, Ottawa, Ont.; menu card from farewell dinner to the Landsdownes given by the citizens of Ottawa; flashlight photo of the Ottawa Amateur Orchestral Society, Ottawa, by S.J. Jarvis; aftermath of fire, St. John's, Nfld.; group of residents of Brockville and Prescott, Ont., by Murray, Brockville, Ont.; Mrs. R.W. Scott and her six eldest grandchildren on the occasion of her golden wedding anniversary, Ottawa, Ont., 8 November, 1903; three generations of the Scott family, Ottawa, Ont., photo by Topley; Freshman Class, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont, 1881, including W.L Scott seated at the right of front row; Sir Wilfred Laurier and other cabinet ministers marching in procession at the Eucharistic Congress, Montreal, Que., 1910; delegates attending inaugural meeting of the Ontario children's Aid Society, Toronto, Ont. Series consists of photographs depicting leisure activities: skiing party near Ottawa, Ont.; group of picknickers from Ottawa at Kingsmere, Que.; group of campers from Ottawa and Toronto, Ont., including H.M. Mowat, Sidney Small, W.L. Scott, E.L. Burnett, P.B. Taylor, and D'Arcy Scott; picknickers on the Ottawa River including R.E. Himsworth, R.E. Kimber, Billy Humphries, Stewart, Costigan, Toller, C.A. Eliot, H.K. Egan, Frnak Newby, C.T. Bate, and George Sparks; group of cyclists at the cottage of Mr. E. Mial, Aylmer, Que., photos by E. Reardon, Ottawa, Ont.; group at the American Canoe Association camp at Brophy's Point, Gananoque, Que.
Series also includes photographs of Monks at the Trappist Monastery, Oka, Que. mostly by Mallette and Gordon, Montreal, Que.: working in fields; at confession in chapel; portrait of Dom Anthony; group of monks; reading in cloister; awaiting assignment of daily work; leaving chapel; praying around statue of Virgin; preparing to work in garden; photos of the Abbot, Prior, and Treasurer. Series also includes dormitory of monastery; reflectory at monastery; view of outside of second Trappist Monastery, Oka, Que.
Series also includes portraits of the following individuals: Hon. Louis H. Davies, by S.J. Jarvis, Ottawa, Ont.; Sir Richard Scott, by Lancefield Abell Col, Ottawa, Ont.; Mr. Thomas McIlwraith, August 1884, by A. Bogardus, New York, N.Y.; Patrick Ryan (later Bishop of Pembroke) by S.J. Jarvis, Ottawa, Ont.; Sir Richard Scott, May 1896 by William James Topley; Lady Mary Scott by William James Topley.