The fonds consists of notes on Kingston families, arranged alphabetically, prepared by Preston during writing of his book, Kingston during the War of 1812. Page proofs, photographs and printed copies of Preston's book. For friends at home : a Scottish emigrant : letters from Canada, California and the Caribou, 1844-1860.
The fonds consists of correspondence from George Pringle in England during 1857 and 1858 where he was taking further medical training to his mother and father in Cornwall and to his wife in Peterborough. There are also letters to Mrs. George Pringle from her father and mother and later from his children.
The fonds consists of correspondence, news clippings, minutes, reports, bids, specifications and drawings relating to collapse and rebuilding of Quebec Bridge. There is also a small scrapbook containing material on the railroad bridge disaster at Ashtabula, Ohio, 1876 Dec. 29.
Fonds consists of correspondence, reports, proceedings, brochures, pamphlets, and news clippings. The material documents the movement for the proposed Quinte Parkway, which ultimately became the Loyalist Parkway.
The fonds consists of correspondence and business papers of the Rankin family : Andrew Rankin, carter; his sons Charles, a carpenter and James W., a tinsmith; and his wife Mrs.Ann Jane Rankin. The papers include business records with such local firms as Anglin, Sowards, Robertson, Livingston, Cartwright, Cunningham, Isaac Newlands, Simmons, Rathbun, McKelvey and Birch, Dalton and Strange; a number of lawyers including John A. Macdonald, Kirkpatrick and Rogers, Britton and Whiting; and a number of doctors.
The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, research and lecture notes, student essays, photographs and sound recordings; and material relating to the history of First Baptist Church, Kingston, Ontario (1913-1992). The papers have documentation on Dr. Rawlyk's professional activities, wide research interests, and rich religious life. The papers include his extensive correspondence with Canadian and American scholars. The files of writings show his broad range of interests in the fields of Evangelical/Baptist history, the life and works of Henry Alline, the history of the Maritime provinces, and Canadian historiography generally. Extensive documentation is included on the two important events in Dr. Rawlyk's scholarly life: the 1993 Angus Reid Poll on Religious life in Canada; and the 1995 conference on Canadian Evangelicals, both assisted by the P.E.W. Trust.