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File consists of Howland's statement made for the opening of the courts on 7 January 1983 and his report on the work of the Court of Appeal in Ontario in 1982. Also included are the report of Chief Judge W.E.C. Colter about the County and District Courts of Ontario, a report on the activities of the County Court of the Judicial District of York for 1982, a report of the Provincial Court (Criminal Division) by Chief Judge F.C. Hayes, the report of Chief Judge H.T.G. Andrews about the Provincial Court (Family Division), and the report of Provincial Court (Civil Division) by Senior Judge S. Douglas Turner.

Item is a printed sheet bearing a portrait photograph of Lord Birkenhead.

Item is a commemorative pin issued to Janet Isabel Gibson as a member of the Osgoode Hall Literary and Athletic Society in the 1928-29 school year.

Item is a commemorative pin issued to William Alan Templeton Van Avery as a member of the Osgoode Hall Literary and Athletic Society in 1927.

Item is a commemorative pin produced for the Magna Carta Canada 2015 exhibit.

Item is a print bearing a drawing of Chief Justice John Marshall (1755-1835). Marshall was the principal founder of judicial review and of the American system of constitutional law. The drawing is from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Item is a printed programme and dance card for the Osgoode Hall Literary and Athletic Society At Home event, held on February 15th, 1929. Names have been pencilled in the dance card portion of the programme. Patrons and committee members for the event are printed on the back of the card. The owner of the card was the mother of Judge Franklin Stewart Fisher, who sent the card to John Honsberger.

Item is a print bearing a portrait photograph of the Rt. Hon. Sir John S.D. Thompson.

Item is a printed sheet bearing a portrait photograph of Sir Allen Aylesworth.

Item is an autographed engraving of Joseph Hodges Choate, the American lawyer and diplomat.

Item is an envelope bearing the Canadian postage stamp "Imperial penny postage, Sir William Mulock". The stamp features an 1898 postage stamp and a photo of Sir William Mulock. The stamp honours the one hundred year anniversary of imperial penny postage. Sir William Mulock was Postmaster General at the time.

Fonds consists of records maintained by Frederick William Jarvis in his capacity as Sheriff of York County. The fonds consists largely of writs of fieri facias (writs of execution) authorizing the Sheriff to take possession of goods to pay debts. Also included are correspondence, inventories of goods, bank deposits, records of payment, and a volume containing an index of cases in lis pendens (cases pending).

Fonds consists of records relating to the legal career of Sir Charles Moss. Records include an insurance policy, a letter to Chief Justice Thomas Taylor, court admission certificates, and two illuminated volumes prepared in his memory by the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature and by the Senate of the University of Toronto.

Fonds consists of records relating to the personal life and legal career of William Hamilton Ponton. Records include an indenture for an apprenticeship with a Scottish solicitor, commissions within the District of Victoria and the County of Hastings, court admission certificates, letters, an oath taken by Judge William Smart, and a bill of lading for the ship 'Freedom'.

Fonds consists of an article of clerkship agreement, an affidavit, and court certificates relating to the legal career of Isaac Baldwin McQuesten.

Fonds consists of certificates and commissions relating to the legal and teaching career of John Alexander Robinson. The fonds also includes one hand-written promissory note relating to a financial matter.

Fonds consists of a composite photograph of the Osgoode Hall Law School class of 1904.

Fonds consists of records maintained by Mary Constance McLean, relating to her legal career and that of her father, John Joseph Hunt. Included in the fonds are photocopies and digital images of four examinations and two student directories maintained by McLean while attending Osgoode Hall Law School, a photograph of the house in Hamilton, Ontario, in which McLean was raised, a photograph of what is believed to be the 9th Division Court in Hamilton, a firm relocation announcement card, a newspaper clipping regarding Wallace Nesbitt, and a notary public certificate issued to John Joseph Hunt. The originals of these records range in date from 1911 to 1976. The fonds also includes a transcript of a series of interviews with McLean held between May and June of 2007.

Fonds consists of records created by the County of York Law Association. Included are photographs of past presidents of the Association, three hand-printed membership lists for the years 1887 and 1889-1890, and a broadside listing the Declaration of Incorporation and By-laws of the Association. Included are photographs of: J.T. Small, Hugh T. Kelly, David T. Symons, Christopher Robinson, George F. Shepley, J.K. Kerr, James J. Foy, Charles H. Ritchie, Daniel Urquhart, Angus MacMurchy, J.B. Clarke, J.A. Worrell, Charles Moss, Hamilton Cassels, Dyce W. Saunders, William Davidson, J.H. Macdonald, and W. Mortimer Clark.

Series consists of photographs documenting the university life, call to the Bar, and personal life of Thelma Thomson. The original photographs range in date from 1942 to 1974. The majority of the photographs relate to her life while attending the University of Toronto during, and shortly after, the Second World War. A number of these photos depict several visible minority students from the Carribbean who were attending the University of Toronto at the same time. Other photographs in the series depict her call to the Bar in September of 1949, and group photographs with her sons and husband, Judge David Thomson.