Fonds consists of the diaries (2 volumes) of William Smith, containing a detailed narrative of his activities in England and his first seven months in Quebec dated January 1784 to May 1787. The entries cover events, institutions, political affairs and descriptions of persons encountered by W. Smith. The first volume includes one of the only accounts of Canadian affairs from a London vantage point given that the papers of Sir Guy Carleton were destroyed. The second volume deals predominantly with Quebec.
The fonds consists of correspondence and subject files for the period during which Smith was member of the Ontario Legislature and leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. The files cover contemporary political issues, especially health-related ones.
Fonds consists of correspondence, including Andre Beiler and Richard Finnie; manuscripts, including "Andre Bieler: An Artists's Life and Times', and 'History of Art', as published in "County of a Thousand Lakes", photographs; news clippings; and art exhibition catalogues.
Register of baptisms, 1812-1814, and marriages, 1818-1827. Includes a transcript of the marriage register. Journal of a trip to Upper Canada from England, 1811.
In the letter Gowan Gives the history of his connection with the Orange Order from his admission in 1818 in the County of Wexford, Ireland, to the date of writing. He also outlines the position of the Orange Order in Upper Canada in 1832.
Fonds consists of extracts from letters home from overseas during World War One (1916); cash books and ledgers that provide very detailed information about Smails' household accounts; Gold Medal awarded by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (1920); stamp collection concentrating on Canada and Newfoundland, including both mint and used stamps.
Fonds consists of correspondence, diaries, general remark book, H.M.S. Algerine, China Station, 1899; minute and letter book of Commander in Chief, East Indies, 1909 Mar. 3, lectures at Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and papers written by Slade for Submission to the First Lord.
The fonds consists of reports, government commissions and studies made for the Department of Trade and Commerce when Skelton was Assistant Deputy Minister.
This collection consists of a photocopy of a letter written by Robert Burns to the Duke of Queensberry in 1791 (the original is framed in Special Collections), and the Christie auction catalogue from where the letter was purchased.