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Fonds consists of architectural drawings and photographs documenting the architectural works of J. Francis Brown, his son, F. Bruce Brown, and their subsequent firms, Bruce Brown & Brisley, Brown Brisley & Brown, Douglas Bruce Brown, and Brown Beck & Ross. The fonds includes early drawings by J. Francis Brown from 1890 to 1900 for the Monroe County Courthouse, the proposed B.C. Legislative Buildings, and a Triumphal Arch in Toronto. There are twenty-two student drawings by F. Bruce Brown from 1920 to 1922. The fonds includes photographs of architecture in France, Italy, and England taken by F. Bruce Brown while he studied at the Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts (1923-1924). There are copies of 189 colour slides documenting projects designed by the architects from 1886 to 1972. The slides are copies of photographs taken by F. Bruce Brown. The fonds notably also includes 1,765 architectural drawings for over eighty church projects the architects designed in Ontario from 1936 to 2006. The churches are mainly located in Toronto and the surrounding area, and are almost entirely Protestant churches. The drawings include preliminary proposal drawings, architectural working drawings, and perspective drawings. Among the notable projects documented in the fonds are McMaster Divinity College, All Saints Church Kingsway, Islington United Church, Bloor Street United Church, Leaside United Church, Kingsway-Lambton United Church, Parkdale United Church & Residence, St. Matthew's Anglican Church, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Cobourg), and St. Giles Presbyterian Church. The architectural drawings include several perspective drawings created by the renowned Canadian sculptor William McElcheran, who was employed by Bruce Brown & Brisley as liturgical designer in the 1950s. The fonds contains five series: Series 1: J. Francis Brown drawings 1890-1900; Series 2: F. Bruce Brown student drawings 1920-1922; Series 3: F. Bruce Brown photographs 1923-1924; Series 4: F. Bruce Brown photographs of projects; and Series 5: Project records – Drawings.

Fonds consists of architectural drawings and project files documenting the architectural practice of Thompson, Berwick, Pratt and Partners from 1908 to 1970. There are over 800 projects represented in the fonds, including many of the firm’s residential, commercial, and educational buildings both in Vancouver and more broadly across B.C. and the rest of Canada. The fonds is divided into two series: 1. Project records and 2. Additional donations. Series 1. Project records is divided into 7 subseries: 1. Banks - drawings; 2. Other Commercial and Civic Projects - drawings; 3. Residences - drawings; 4. Schools - drawings; 5. Banks - files; 6. Miscellaneous Correspondence; and 7. Schools - files.

Fonds consists of personal and professional records created or maintained by George Baird. The records document his activities as a renowned Canadian architectural studies teacher, critic, and writer. The files consist of correspondence, writings, photographs, presentations, awards, posters, research, and teaching files. The majority of the records are from 1950 to 2018, spanning his activities as a professor and dean at the University of Toronto (1967-1993, 2004-2009), professor at Harvard University (1993-2004), a visiting lecturer at schools and events around the world, and as an influential critic and writer on architectural theory. The fonds includes records relating to Baird’s many writings on architecture, his education at the University of Toronto (1957-1962), his service on associations, and his travels both personal and professional over the years. The fonds has been divided into ten series: 1. Correspondence, 2. Education, 3. Photographs, 4. Teaching, 5. Associations, 6. Awards, 7. Lectures, Talks, and Exhibitions, 8. Reference, 9. Work, 10. Writings.

Collection consists of architectural drawings and specifications for the Lancaster Building in Calgary. The Lancaster Building is a notable example of Calgary’s early commercial architecture and one of the city’s first high-rise buildings. It is located at the corner of 2 Street and Stephen Avenue SW. The collection consists of sixteen drawings by James C. Teague (1863-1947) from 1912, ten drawings by William Stanley Bates (1872-1949) from 1919, and an additional six drawings by an unidentified architect likely created in the 1910s. The collection also includes specifications and several brochures and pamphlets related to the construction of the building. The Lancaster Building was built for James Stuart Mackie from 1912 to 1913 under architect James C. Teague, and following WWI, from 1916 to 1919 under architect William S. Bates. The materials in the collection were maintained by James A. N. Mackie, descendant of James Stuart Mackie.