The series comprises photographs by the Globe and Mail, Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd., and Marshall McLuhan depicting Marshall McLuhan and wife with Hon. Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Toronto, Ont., 27 November 1970; Marshall McLuhan and wife with York Wilson, Toronto, Ont., ca. 1971; Marshall McLuhan; Roy Campbell; Reverend Malcolm Carron; Tom Easterbrook; Gerry Feigen; Senator Mike Gravel; Reverend John Mole; portraits and snapshots of members of the Marshall and McLuhan families; photographs by Wilson's Studio, Van Dyke Studios, Chapel Studio, Gauvin Gentzel & Co., W.A. Martel, L.W. Landerson, David L. Scopick, Louis Forsdale, Banks, Robert J. Fleming & Associates, Castor Studio, Campbell's Studio, Odette Baclet, and Ashley & Crippen, Robert Lansdale depicting the family and career of Marshall McLuhan, including portraits and snapshots; Marshall McLuhan receiving the President's Cabinet Award, University of Detroit, 1972; group photo taken at the McLuhan Emergency Strategy Seminar, Nassau, (Bahamas), January 1970; group photos of Marshall McLuhan with the Vice-President of the United States, Hubert A. Humphrey, Washington, D.C., November 16th, 1966; group photo taken at the "Mass Media Panel", Grinnell College, Iowa, 1967; group portrait taken at Commencement, John Fisher College, June 8th, 1969; portrait of Barrington, Nevitt; photographs by Time-Life, Tom Wallace, Eaton's, Portrait Studio, Alain Rinfret, and Jalmar (London, England) depicting the McLuhan family and professional activities of Marshall McLuhan; conferences in Barcelona (Spain), 1972, Denver (1973), Venice (Italy) and Venezuela (1976), Montreal (1977); photos of M. McLuhan receiving award from University of Detroit, 1972; group portraits with M. McLuhan and different personalities like Geordie Howe, John Culkin, the American painter Harley Parker; portraits of Philip Proctor & Peter Bergman, Red Skelton, Marshall McLuhan, Sir Stafford Beer, Allan Kaprow, Aldo Tambellini, Nam June Paik, Dick Higgins, Les Levine; photographs of a variety of paintings and drawings; and a photograph of Marshall McLuhan with Ed Robeneck, Red River, Man., ca. 1928.