The fonds consists of the records created and held by the Synod of the Presbyterian Church in Canada in Connection with the Church of Scotland. It includes correspondence; memoranda; addresses to the King or Queen, Lieutenant-Governor of Governor-General; synod rolls; legal documents; memorials; overtures; petitions, including the 10 July 1844, 'Dissent and Protest of Mr. Bayne and Others'; resolutions; motions and minutes; reports; financial Records; statistics. A considerable portion of the papers documents the close connection of the church with the growth and development of Queen's College. There is also considerable material relating to the union of the various branches of the Presbyterian Church which took place in 1875.
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.
