The collection includes reports of the Department of State from U.S. consular representatives in Montreal. The despatches are replies to consular instructions. It contains reports on a wide range of subjects dealing with economic, political, and social conditions abroad in addition to routine matters. Despatches are sometimes accompanied by enclosures, such as copies of correspondence between consuls and local Government officials, U.S. diplomatic representatives, other consuls, U.S. naval officers commanding naval vessels or squadrons stationed in foreign waters, and U.S. citizens abroad. Despatches also include information on commercial and other regulations, navigation law, exports and imports, duties and tariffs, censuses, cases of U.S. citizens tried abrad and appeals for help, and the reaction of foreign people to U.S. policies.
Four architects' sketches of Fleming and Carruthers Hall (School of Mining), Ontario Hall (Physics) Kingston and Grant Hall (Convocation Hall) from east and west.
The collection consists of two bank statement books, a number of signature cards, a bank ledger for June 1907 to October 1907 tallying deposits for a number of banks in the City of Kingston, as well as a "Borrowing Book", 1893-1903, detailling the rental of dinner and glass ware to a variety of citizens and organizations in the Kingston.
This collection is comprised of six panoramic prints and a colour print. The photographs were taken by photographer Harry O. Dodge, depicting various activities and historical re-enactments: Scene II of the First Pageant - Jacques Cartier at the Court of Francis the 1st; Second Pageant - Champlain receives his commission from Henry IV; a Seventh Pageant scene; the fleet of visiting ships in the St. Lawrence River at the foot of the Citadel; the Eighth Pageant scene; and the Navel and Military Review before H.R.H. The Prince of Wales on July 24th, 1908. The print is a chromo lithograph from the Toronto Lithograph Company's Christmas Globe edition titled 'The Military Review at Quebec Tercentenary Celebration'.
The collection consists of letters from Robert Service to Constance MacLean and Isabel MacLean, holograph poem, The Coming of Miss MacLean, early typescript, The Cremation of Sam McGee, several variations from published versions of the Cremation of Sam McGee, photograph and news clippings relating to E. Pauline Johnson.
This collection of material was brought together and held by the Cooke family over a number of generations. It appears to include material from both Lieutenant John Cooke and Lieutenant Duncan Ramsey Kerr Cooke. There are three items in the collection: one holographic journal; one published book; and a holographic compendium of extracts.
