The collection consists of sound recordings produced by or at Queen's University, previously collected by the Library or otherwise lacking provenance. Includes recordings of convocations, lectures and addresses, installations of Principals, and oral history interviews.
The collection is comprised of letters written to Howard and Daisy Gerring by Alan and Ruth Collier during their summer sketching trips from 1956 to 1987. The letters are very detailed and were often created in a diary-type format with each letter containing daily accounts of the Colliers' travels. The letters reference people met on the journey, issues pertaining to the maintence of the their vehicle, and events that happened along the way. The material was arranged chronologically in binders by the Gerrings.
The collection consists of alphabetical files created by Mr. Waller while researching his book on local families, as well as copies of some of his transcribed publications. The records relate particularly to families of United Empire Loyalist lineage.
Scrapbooks contains news clippings relating to events and people in Bowmanville, photographs and minutes of the Bowmanville Mechanic Association and Library Association.