The fonds consists of photographic negatives along with some photographic prints and slides which include photographs of news events, publicity and aerial shots along with pictures of interest to Queen's University. The largest part of this fonds is made up of portraits of Kingstonians, many prominent, and Queen's University Graduates.
The collection consists of pictures taken by an unknown photographer, or photographers, in Kingston and the surrounding area, around the turn of the twentieth century. The photos show local landmarks such as Kingston City Hall, Kingston homes, Kingston Mills, Martello Towers and Jones Falls. Also included are photographs of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, men, horses and guns. Steam vessels such as the Rideau Queen, the Toronto and even pleasure sail boats, ice boats and quite a number of pictures of canoes and canoeists are included along with pictures taken at or near the Kingston Yacht Club. There are many pictures of as yet unidentified individuals in various poses including family scenes, picnics and fishermen. Another sizable lot of pictures were taken away from Kingston at various sites that have yet to be identified. One series were shot in what looks like a summer resort area and several others are of cities or a city yet to be identified.
The fonds consists of black and white photographs, colour slides, black and white negatives, and contact sheets of examples of early Upper Canadian and Ontario furniture from a number of European and North American traditions including Anglo-American, German, Polish, French-Canadian, and others. These images were taken during the course of research for the author's book, 'The Heritage of Upper Canadian Furniture: A Study in the Survival of Formal and Vernacular Styles from Britain, America and Europe, 1780-1900', first published in 1978.
The fonds consists of the research material, correspondence and manuscripts produced by Dr. Creet for his uncompleted biography of Sir Sanford Fleming.
Fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, reports, subject files, political party materials, and records reflecting four decades of endeavor in numerous areas; correpsondence and MSS relating to articles appearing in the "International Political Science Review"; correspondence and articles relating to various international confereneces attended. The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, Ontario Advisory Committee on Confederation, and the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission are covered in great detail.
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.
This fonds consists of photographs taken during Kathleen Brookins time as a student at Queen's University at Kingston, and a photo album of the Gillan family.
This fonds consists of postcards of Kingston Street Railway streetcars in various locations including King Street at the top of the Penitentiary hill, Union and Alfred Streets, the streetcar barns, and Lake Ontario Park Zoo; ribbons from the Kingston Street Railway annual 'pic-nic'.