| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1862/05 | Dawson, Sir John William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/22/31 | Memorandum by John William Dawson on referees' reports | 6 February 1882 |
| MM/22/33 | Letter from John William Dawson, McGill College, Montreal, to Walter White | 22 February 1882 |
| MM/22/32 | Letter from John William Dawson, McGill College, Montreal, to Walter White | 7 February 1882 |
| NLB/12/578 | Copy letter from Sir John William Dawson, Fellow of the Royal Society, 293 University Street, Montreal, Canada | 17 March 1896 |
| NLB/12/856 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John William Dawson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 18 May 1896 |
| NLB/10/252 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 1 November 1894 |
| NLB/19/663 | Copy letter from Theodore E James to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 20 November 1899 |
| NLB/39/397 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to A Close | 14 January 1909 |
| RR/7/90 | Referee's report by William Carruthers, on a paper 'On the pre-carboniferous floras of North-Eastern America, with especial reference to that of the Erian (Devonian) Period' by John William Dawson | 18 January 1871 |
| RR/8/286 | Referee's report by William Boyd Dawkins, on a paper 'On the results of recent explorations of erect trees containing animal remains in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia' by John William Dawson | 20 December 1881 |
| MC/12/324 | Letter from J W [John William] Dawson, McGill College, Montreal, to [Walter] White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 24 April 1883 |
| MM/22/30 | Letter from John William Dawson, McGill College, Montreal, to George Gabriel Stokes | 6 February 1882 |
| MC/12/331 | Letter from J W [John William] Dawson, McGill College, Montreal, to W [William] Spottiswoode, President of the Royal Society | 28 May 1883 |
| NLB/1/498 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Willliam Thomas Blanford, Professor Thomas George Bonney, Dr Geikie, Professor Thomas Henry Huxley, and Professor John Wesley Judd | 8 July 1887 |
| NLB/1/674 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Sir John Williamson Dawson | 1 November 1887 |
| RR/8/287 | Detailed referee's report by William Boyd Dawkins, on a paper 'On the results of recent explorations of erect trees containing animal remains in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia' by John William Dawson | 20 December 1881 |
| MC/6/234 | Letter from J W [John William] Dawson, McGill University, Montreal, to W [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society | 4 July 1862 |
| RR/8/285 | Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'On the results of recent explorations of erect trees containing animal remains in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia' by John William Dawson | 13 October 1881 |
| MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |
| MC/6/374 | Letter from J W [John William] Dawson, principal, University of McGill College, Montreal, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, London | 8 December 1863 |
| MC/9/93 | Letter from J W [John William] Dawson, 20 Halley Street, to Dr [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 9 June 1870 |
| MC/9/84 | Memorandum with reference to Principal Dawson's paper on the pre-carboniferous flora | 1 June 1870 |
| MC/9/188 | Letter from J W [John William] Dawson, McGill College, Montreal, to the Council of the Royal Society | 6 April 1871 |
| MC/9/277 | Letter from J W [John William] Dawson, McGill College, Montreal, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 10 November 1871 |
| MC/10/55 | Letter from J W [John William] Dawson, Principal of McGill University, Montreal, to [Joseph Dalton Hooker], President of the Royal Society | 26 December 1873 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
| MC/10/84 | Letter from J W [John William] Dawson, McGill University Montreal, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 12 March 1874 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| MC/12/332 | Letter from J W [John William] Dawson, McGill College, Montreal, to [Walter] White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 28 May 1883 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| MC/13/3 | Letter from J W [John William] Dawson, Cairo, to [Thomas Henry] Huxley, [President of the Royal Society] | 14 January 1884 |
| MC/13 | Volume 13 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1884 |
| MS/427/275 | Copy letter from Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Principal [John William] Dawson, FRS | 11 May 1883 |
| AP/52/3 | Unpublished paper, 'The Bakerian Lecture 1870: On the pre-Carboniferous flora of North-Eastern America, and more especially on that of the Devonian period' by J W [John William] Dawson | 1870 |
| AP/52/3/2 | Unpublished figures and photographs, pre-Carboniferous flora of North-Eastern America by John William Dawson | 1870 |
| AP/52/3/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'The Bakerian Lecture 1870: On the pre-Carboniferous flora of North-Eastern America, and more especially on that of the Devonian period' by J W [John William] Dawson | 1870 |
| MM/22/29 | Letter from John William Dawson, McGill College, Montreal, to Walter White | 30 September 1881 |
| PP/20/1 | Paper, 'Supplementary report on explorations of erect trees containing animal remains in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia [Canada]' by Jonh William Dawson | 1892 |
| MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |
| MC/14/189 | Letter from [John William] Dawson, McGill University, Montreal, to George Gabriel Stokes, President, The Royal Society | 17 February 1887 |
| MC/14/222 | Letter from John Williamson Dawson, McGill College, Montreal, to George Gabriel Stokes | 9 June 1887 |