File contains photographs of a paddle and a bent-wood box. In addition are the supporting textual records, mostly correspondence between McLennan and staff at the Seattle Art Museum.
File contains correspondence and art packages. The two art packages consists of Northwest Coast Art and The Whale House of the Chilkat. These packages contain historic photographs with full explanations, as well as high lighting the design elements. They were published by the Alaska State Museum.
File contains lists of Northwest Coast objects held at the Portland Art Museum. In addition is correspondence between McLennan and staff at the museum and the Oregon Historical Society.
File contains a copy of an article titled "Elbridge Warren Merrill of Sitka, Alaska" in volume 19 of History of Photography. In addition is a request for access to the images related to the Northwest Coast.
File mainly contains copies of correspondence addressed to and sent from McLennan to the Peabody Museum at Harvard regarding taking photos of Peabody's Northwest Coast boxes. Additionally, there is also a copy of the Massachusetts Bay Subway Map.
File contains copies of correspondence between McLennan and museum staff. It also contains copies of Santa Barbara Museum catalogue records of bentwood boxes held in their collections. The images are photographs of two bentwood boxes.