Fonds consists of correspondence; photographs; and his long lost memoirs largely relating to his involvement in the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion; and his interactions with such notables as William Lyon Mackenzie, Sir John A. Macdonald, Edward Barker, Pirate Bill and his daughter Kate, and a murderous Captain of the Fort Henry Guard.
Fonds consists of an album of photographs showing Queen's University at Kingston, its buildings and students, plus geology class expeditions; the community of Kingston and its environs, including Kingston Mills; Upstate New York, including Lake Champlain; and other locations in Western Canada and the western United States, including California.
Fonds consists of programmes of various regattas and championships held by a number of canoe clubs under the auspices of the Canadian Canoe Association; correspondence, minutes, technical reports and bulletins, and clippings relating to the canoe events at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Fonds consists of an album of photographs taken by Lyell Spence after enlisting, sailing to Great Britain, and being deployed to France with the No. 7 Canadian (Queen's) Stationary Hospital.
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 correspondence, legal records, scrapbooks and photographs. These papers illustrate mainly Dr. Morse's editorship of the Canadian Bar Review. There are a few personal papers: financial records and scrapbooks.
