The collection consists of research files; correspondence; subject files; reports including Annual Reports; newsletters and other printed material; records relating to former employees; donations to David Young's research from other individuals; photographs; moving image, and sound recordings; cartoons (some autographed), by some well known cartoonists, such as Andy Donato of the "Toronto Sun" and xxx, and given to David Young during his time as editor of "Research Quarterly", the technical publication of the Research Division of Ontario Hydro; and David Young's extensive 1,275 page manuscript entitled "Dobson Chronicle: A History of Ontario Hydro's Research Laboratories, 1912-1994."
Collection consists of thesis data and a scrapbook, compiled by Elizabeth (Bess or Bessie) Sinclair following the death of her husband, R. Gordon Sinclair, who drowned in Collins Bay; correspondence, speeches, and photographs relating to Huntly M. Sinclair, as well as a certificate recognizing him as a Baden-Powell Fellow for his generous support of world scouting; and a file relating to the Sinclair Cemetery (a.k.a. the Scotch Corners Cemetery), located in Beckwith Township, Ontario.
Collection consists of a script for a screenplay entitled, "Revenge", written while a student at Queen's University at Kingston; photographs of student days, standing with Bob Rae at his nomination for a Trillium Award, and contact prints for the cover of his novel entitled, "how insensitive."
Collection consists of legal and financial documents, plus some correspondence, associated with the Drummond Family, from the Johnstown District of Eastern Ontario, and primarily Captain Peter Drummond, formerly a Lieutenant in Jessup's Rangers, towards the end of his life when he was no longer associated with the military.
Collection consists of legal documents relating to Robert Headlam, his clients and others, plus his legal successors, including a rare Indenture, printed several years prior to any previously known document having been commercially produced by him.
Collection consists of military papers, correspondence, and other material, including an edited copy of "An Act to Incorporate the Ontario College at Picton" (1868).
The collection consists of minute books, membership rosters, treasurer's books, and certifcates of degrees awarded in the Lodges. Includes records from Loyal Orange Lodges No. 6, No. 481, No. 577, and No. 2659.
The collection consists of original letters and documents. Includes items signed by Louis Xlll of France, Sir John A. Macdonald , Sir John Colborne, William Lyon Mackenzie, William McDougall, Israel Tarte, Sir John Thompson, Guglielmo Marconi, Lord Monck and L.S. Huntington. The microfilm contains articles relating to the death of Colonel Robert Samuel McLaughlin,
The fonds consists of photographs taken between 1900 and 1950. Almost all of the buildings have either gone or have been so altered as to be almost unrecognisable now; the same might be said of the people. The mills and the rafting and dredging company were principal sources of employment at one time. In the early part of the century these went out of business. After that there seems to have been some tourist trade but not nearly enough to make much local employment. By the time the photograph of the section hands was taken they were very nearly the only regularly employed working men in the village. There was, of course, some farm work available on the surrounding farms, but most men had to depend on commuting to Kingston for work, if there was work to be found. For many years the railway provided the best access to Kingston and the station was an important part of the community. High school students, for example, travelled daily to Kingston by train to attend school. The opening of the highway made motor traffic a much more viable option for commuters and brought the little self contained village closer to the bed room suburb that it has now become. Various views of Collins Bay including cutting ice on Collins Bay, the grist mill, Langly's store, Elm Lodge, 1884 school, Collins Bay Station, Jubilee Women's Institute, Opening Hwy.33 etc. Also include a playbill from "Dust of the Earth".
