The fonds consists of corresponence and copies of documents relating to the dispute between General A.G.L. McNaughton and J.L. Ralston (1943); correspondence relating to Canadian political affairs. There are numerous memoranda relating to interviews with Prime Ministers and senior politicians and the numerous confidential memoranda and correspondence addressed to Bruce Hutchinson and Victor Sifton provide a day-to-day description of behind-the-scenes life in Ottawa with details on the important issues and personalities involved. Correspondence includes Lester B. Pearson, Grant Dexter, Ross Thatcher, John P. Robarts, Bruce Hutchison, T.A. Crerar and Mitchell Sharp as well as many other prominent political figures.
The fonds consists of an inventory of stock (1889 and 1904), minutes and history of firm, letters of incorporation and other legal documents, and advertisements for the store. Also included are family genealogies and correspondence from family members, as well as a diary (1864).
The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, manuscripts, prints and photographs related to Dr. D'Argaville's research interests, notably on Preti.
The fonds consists of correspondence, letterbooks, ledgers, scrapbooks, legal documents and financial records relating to Kingston business and shipping. The letterbooks, 1887-1889, contain correspondence of the Montreal Transportation Company. There are letters to Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Mackenzie Bowel. Topics include the Orange Order, Catholicism, employment of locals, prices for timber in the hinterlands and the building of ships in Kingston.
The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes of executive and general meetings, executive and membership lists, financial records and press clippings relating to the Grand Theatre. Includes material relating to the Eastern Ontario Drama Festival, 1969.
Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts and subject files relating to the history of prisons in Ontario, the parole Board of Ontario, Kingston penitentiary and the care of the mentally ill.
The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files relating to MacLachlan's role as secretary to Norman Rogers and as a member of the Queen's University Board of Trustees. Of particular note is a wooden bound volume titled "A Potpourri of Sidelights and Shadows from Turkey." This collection of sketches was printed for private circulation only. Rev. Alexander Grant MacLachlan Sr. (Queen's 1884) attended Union Theological Seminary, New York City,and was appointed a teaching missionary eventually becoming President of the International College at Smyrna. These memoirs show the outreach of American missionary activity and political and military developments in Asia Minor from his forty years in the educational missionary service in Turkey including during the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922).
