Fonds consists of minutes; subject files; final reports and timelines; "Artists' Statements"; exhibition programmes; promotional material; photographs; and clippings relating to the Kingston Prize for Contemporary Canadian Portraiture for 2005 and 2007.
Collections consists of Memorial Books relating to both Lorne and Edith Pierce; travel diaries; photographs; and a copy of Edith Chown Pierce's, "Canadian Glass: A Footnote to History". Nearly every Canadian literary figure of note for the period 1920 to 1960 is representedby at least some manuscript material in this collection. Among its many highlights the collection includes the letters and manuscripts of William Wilfred Campbell; Desertion in Canada by Major John Richardson; the original manuscript of William Kirby's novel, The Golden dog; manuscripts written and decorated by Wilson Macdonald; letters, manuscripts and memorabilia of Sir Charles G. D. Roberts; and the Marjorie Pickthall papers which include her diaries, letters manuscripts and sketches. Also represented are Raymond Knister, Duncan Campbell Scott, Archibald Lampman, Camille Roy, Stephen Leacock, Marius Barbeau,Audrey Alexandra Brown, Earle Birney, Katherine Hale, A. J. Pratt and Al Purdy. Some papers of artists J.E. H. Macdonald, A. Y. Jackson, C.W. Jefferys and Thoreau Macdonald are included in this collection.
Fonds consists of biographical files compiled and maintained by the Department, including photos of Dr. J.A. Corry, Dr. John J. Deutsch, Roland Michener, Chancellor Stirling and Ronald L. Watts; images of people, life, scenes, and events on the University campus taken over the years (1985-1997) by various staff members of the 'Queen's Gazette (V053 and V135)'; photographs of buildings, events, and honorary degree recipients (1960-1988) (V048); photographs of the 1991 Royal Visit to Queen's University, and the opening of the Jemmett & Stewart- Pollack Wings of Fleming Hall; interview with officials on "Radio Noon" (CBC/CBO 1310), regarding the gift of Herstmonceaux Castle by Alfred and Isabel Bader to Queen's University (8 January 1993); and the Convocation address given by Donald Sutherland upon his receipt from the University of an honorary degree (May 1995); promotional and other videos depicting events, buildings, and individuals associated with Queen's University both on and off campus.
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