The fonds consists of records created, accumulated and used by Alexander Morris during his political career. The fonds includes correspondence during the period that Morris served as Minister of Inland Revenue (1869-1872); Chief Justice of Manitoba (1872); Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and Keewatin (1872-1877); and Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories (1872-1876).
A copy of "The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba, the North-West Territories and Kee-wa-tin" (1880) is available at S-Q127.
An index to correspondents has been filmed with the records. Records are filmed chronologically by author.
No series assignment has been applied to the records in this fonds.
File no. 554 includes a document entitled Lieutenant Colonel Irvine and the North-West Mounted Police, by Edmund Montague Morris, being a historical sketch of the North West before and after the establishment of the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP).