Files from the Director's office, including the files of the Director, the Assistant and Associate Directors, and Editor, 1942-1973 (predominant 1950s); other files of the Assistant Director, 1962-1976; files of the Associate Editor, made up primarily of the correspondence with other publishers, 1960- 1986 (predominant 1970s); various committees records (1897-1975), Permission requests file, 1956-1970 (predominant 1963-1969); material relating to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, 1960-1978, and the journal Scholarly Publishing, 1969-1987; general office files, 1938-1950, including files on the Canadian Historical Association; financial statments, 1946-1954; office day files, 1957-1984; historical files and photographs;