Fonds consists of correspondence and invoices (1929-1932); a history of the Department and Fowler Herbarium; albums of Lake Opinicon Biological Station activities (1945-1953; 1970), with the photographs depicting various persons and activities relating to the Department, including the experimental research station at Lake Opinicon, Ontario; correspondence, questionnaires, research files, oral interviews, photographs, and clippings pertaining to the Department's History Project entitled, "Queen's Biology: An academic history of innocence lost and fame gained, 1858-1965"; records relating to the Group in Eukaryotic Molecular Biology and Evolution (GEMBE) (1977-1981); collection of glass specimen slides.
Correspondence, lab notebooks, departmental records, Committee on Academic Planning of Medicine, 1973-1975, correspondence of J.D. Hatcher, lists of personnel; reports and minutes of Joint Committee on Medical Researchof the Ontario Universities and Ontario Humane Society (1964-1968).
Fonds consists of Faculty lists (1900-1924); tenure files (1970-1980); Minutes of Faculty Board, Board of Studies, Committee of Departments (1913-2005); records, relating to the Queen's National Scholar program (1987-1992); departmental files (1987-1991); Development Sub-committee files (1978-1983); budget and budget working kit files, salary review files (1961-1989); Departmental correspondence and budget files; agenda and minutes of the Committee of Vice-Presidents and Deans (1987-1988); correspondence, reports, lists of participants, evaluations, financial records, promotional material, photographs, clippings relating to the Summer Program for Science Teachers (1985-1993); and lists of the Deans of the Faculty of Arts, 1906 - 1974.
