Fonds consists of approximately 20,000 negatives documenting events and people in Kingston and district during the period from the late 1940's to the early 1960's. The fonds has very large sections devoted to Queen's University, Canadian Industries Limited, Fort Henry, and military establishments in Kingston. Also many significant national and international new events are covered.
Plaque on the first Parliament Building in Kingston which reads "THE FIRST PARLIAMENT OF UNITED CANADA/ASSEMBLED IN THIS BUILDING JUNE 1841/PLACED BY THE KINGSTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1923".
