Fonds consists of correspondence; subject files; memoranda; reports; published articles, papers, and addresses; and photographs, including a series of coloured 35 mm slides of various campus buildings, events, and scenes, taken by W.A. Mackintosh during his time as the 12th Principal of Queen's University. There are important files on the Anti-Combines Investigation Act, the 1945 Dominion-Provincial Conference, the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations, the National Employment Commission, the Economic Advisory Committee, 1939-1944, and Queen's University.
Fonds consists of detailed lecture notes and assignments from his years as a student; drafts of talks given to the 'Saturday Club'; extensive professional correspondence; annual research reports, and lecture notes from courses he taught, including engineering drawing at Queen's University, the Royal Military College in Kingston, and Arizona State University; and photographs.
Collection consists of photocopies of correspondence and research notes of William Bateson. Most of the originals are held in the UK at the Cambridge University Library and further copies reside at the John Innes Centre. They provided primary materials for "Treasure Your Exceptions. The Science and Life of William Bateson" (2008), which was coauthored by Alan Cock and Donald Forsdyke
The fonds is comprised predominantly of audio recordings, with a small amount of textual material. The recordings has been grouped along project lines linked mostly by the geography of the recording.
The fonds consists predominantly of typescripts of correspondence from William Brymner to his family, in particular his mother and father, during his travels to Paris, France, England and various other European locations. Many of the typescripts are annotated in what appears to be Brymner's hand. Of special interest are six manuscripts for public lectures or articles written by Brymner, espousing his views and thoughts on a number of topics including drawing, Impressionism, and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Also included are various other documents and items such as: Brymner's Order of St. Michael and St. George, various exhibition catalogues for the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, a diploma for Douglas Brymner from Queen's University, and an accompanying framed letter from Sir Sanford Fleming congratulating Douglas Brymner upon the conferring of said degree.
The fonds consists of photographs and negatives relating to Kingston's tercentenary celebrations and the Canadian Olympic Regatta Kingston committee in the late 1960's and 1970's.
This collection consists of 12 glass plate negatives of Wolfe Island people (ca.1890); one photo print of the Wolfe Island Band (1894); one photo print of the Woodman Family (1944).
