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File consists of material relating to Mary Tremblay's contribution to the book Disabled Veterans in History, edited by David A. Gerber and published by Michigan University Press in 2000. Included is printed email correspondence between Mary Tremblay and David. A Gerber and drafts of Tremblay’s essay titled “Get On: Get Up and Get Going: Lieutenant John Counsell and the Development of Rehabilitation and Disability Policy in Canada”. Also included is a photo negative of a cartoon taken from The Caliper journal. Disabled Veterans in History documents the history of those who have sustained lasting injuries or chronic illnesses while serving during the First and Second World Wars.

File consists of a published chapter titled “Locomotion” authored by Mary Tremblay and included in the book Introduction to Disability edited by MC McColl and JE Bickenbach, and published by Pennsylvania State University in 1998. “Introduction to Disability” provides an international overview of the concept of disability, with considerations into disabled experiences and perspectives.

File consists of an invitation from the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, W. Yvon Dumont, and Mrs. Lyla Dumont to Mary Tremblay, inviting her to a luncheon honoring the Sir Arthur Pearson Association of War Blinded.

File consists of chapter drafts and correspondence relating to Mary Tremblay's contribution to the book A Seat at the Table: Persons With Disabilities and Policy Making, edited by William F. Boyce and published by McGill-Queens University Press in 2001. A Seat at the Table documents the participation of disability activists and organizations in public policy making in Canada with a historical lens starting from the First World War.

File consists of slides relating to the topic of ageing and disability. Included are slides with textual and statistical information relating to woman with disabilities and ageing and relating to general ageing with a disability (with quotes from Marilyn Noelle, Ken Langford, Jack Higman, Margaret Byrnes), and slides depicting people, covers of reports, and newspaper articles from the Toronto Star. Identified individuals in slides include Edna Nightingale, and Ernest Copper.

File consists of a letter, an audio recording on cassette, and an edited transcript of an oral history interview conducted by Mary Tremblay with Leonard Agnew on Oct 13, 1995.

Topics covered in the interview include: early life growing up in Fredericton, New Brunswick; joining the armed forces as part of the First Division headquarters protection platoon and experiences during the Second World War in Italy and England from 1940-1945 ; experiences with living as a paraplegic after an industrial accident which occurred in 1949; and family life.