The collection consists of recordings of Canadian writers and poets, produced by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education as the series "Canadian Writers on Tape" and "Canadian Poets on Tape." The authors represented include Al Purdy, Morley Callaghan, Margaret Laurence, Earle Birney, Mordecai Richler, among others.
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.
The fonds consists of photographs of winning horses, their drivers and trainers at Frontenac Downs Racetrack. Many photos are composites, annotated with details on the race, and include finish-line shots of each race.
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.
Collection consists of steam packet announcements (newpaper clippings, 1833), a payroll sheet for the Nova Scotia Railway (1859), published memos on the CPR and the laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable, and a published train itinerary for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (1901).
Items are a signed specification for designs for the Queenston and Lewiston Bridge, including an annotated plan, and a book titled "Clarke on Iron Bridges of Very Large Span."
