This catalogue won the Melva J. Dwyer Award from the ARLIS/Canada chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America, which honors "exceptional reference or research tools relating to Canadian art and architecture." The catalogue is chronological with a breakdown of geography/location of the artist, and uses a broad range of sources including the artist's diary. Volume 1 traces the artist's early work. Vol. 2 contains sections on his commercial work, New York City drawings, other works, and paintings attributed to Milne.