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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.

The collection consists of subject files, court records, diaries and photographs. The material illustrates many aspects of the history of Montague and Kitley Townships as well as the activities of Lockwood Family. The files also contain a great deal of research material relating to the Loyal Orange Lodge and the Rural Telephone Company of Kitley Limited. Petitions to the Montague Township Council and Township Assessment rolls are invaluable for a study to the early history of this township. A large collection of photographs illustrate the social history of the area.

Fonds consists of course material and lecture notes for the courses Dr. Daub taught at Queen's; research files and drafts of "Gael Force" and "Getting Down to Business"; other writings both scholastic and personal including his diaries from 1964-1990; and the forecasting data sets Daub used for his research.

The fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda and files related to his career with the Canadian Army. The material for the war years is voluminous, covering administration, intelligence summaries, operations, and war diaries. The material relating to the Imperial Defence College is fairly complete and the material on the Defence of Canada, intended for a book on the topic, is also of interest.

Fonds consists of correspondence, to and from, his parents, his wife Elizabeth Tatchell, and numerous friends and colleagues; subject files; diaries; manuscripts; books and articles; addresses and lectures; records relating to his time as an Historical Officer in the Canadian Army during the Second World War, as a professor in the department of History at Queen's University at Kingston, and his Retirement Dinner in 1970 from Queen's; and photographs. There is also a very interesting series of letters relating to Captain John Hamilton Brown, as well as an armband of the Dutch Forces of the Interior.

Fonds consists primarily of correspondence to Hall's sister-in-law Vera Pyke, along with photographs, diaries and postcards from his various travels after his retirement. There is some correspondence and a number of diaries from his early life.

The fonds consists of correspondence, writings, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, sketchbooks, photographs, charts, drawings, and maps. It is a record of Wynne-Edwards' professional life as an biologist and academic from his school days in Leeds to his death in Aberdeen. The greatest amount of this material reflects Wynne-Edwards professional life, however, there is some personal material in this fonds. The correspondence covers a wide variety of topics including views on Wynne-Edwards thesis about animal dispersion. The subject files include material on the Nature Conservancy, the Red Grouse Project, research topics and the like. There is also a large collection of 35mm slides that cover the Wynne-Edwards post Second World War journeys, in particular his two trips to Baffin Island in the 1950's.

Fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, clippings, war diaries and notebooks relating to all aspects of Edmison's career in the fields of criminology and university administration, including the National Parole Board of Canada, and Queen's University at Kingston. In addition, it contains a very large collection of his writings, addresses, and photographs. Also includes material relating to Edmison's work with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

Fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, photographs, and drafts of his manuscript William Henry Bartlett: Artist, Author, Traveller (1965-1974); correspondence, diaries, subject files, theatrical and musical programmes; photographs; and writings, pertaining to his time, and that of his wife (the late Irene Joan Porteous) as students at Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, as an officer in World War Two, a professor and administrator at the University Geulph, and author and traveller; book reviews for "The Picturesque" and "A Part of Me is Missing"; manuscript material and reviews relating to "Slow march to a Regiment", "Sullivan Ross", and "Fast in My Enchantments"; early postcards to, and from, various family members and friends.

The fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda, diaries, material by and about J.W. Dafoe, subject files, scrapbooks and miscellaneous pamphlets. The correspondence files, arranged chronologically, contain memoranda of confidential interviews on Canadian politics, trade, the economy, external affairs, defence. Often these memoranda are in the form of letters or vice versa, so the two have been filed together. The Diaries written by Grant Dexter in 1938-39 while he was in England touch on many aspects of Canadian External Affairs. Also included is a diary kept by Grant Dexter's wife Alice, outlining their life in London in 1937.