The impressive libraries that Edward and William
Maxwell amassed throughout their lifetimes provided a source of architectural information
and satisfied a marked penchant for collecting. It is fortunate that at least a part of
their collections is preserved at the Blackader-Lauterman Library at McGill University
through the generosity of Edward's widow, Elizabeth Ellen Maxwell; the family of his
son, Stirling Maxwell; his grandson, Henry Yates; and William's daughter, Mary
Maxwell Rabbani. Thus, four hundred and fifty volumes have been reunited with
McGill's other Maxwell holdings of personal and business records and almost
twenty thousand architectural drawings and photographs. full text