Fonds consists of correspondence; lecture and course notes; administrative files reflecting his time as Head of the Department of French, Queen's University at Kingston; conference material; manuscripts; and publications.
The fonds consists of manuscript and research material relating to Dr. Riley's primary research interests of Alfred Döblin, Elisabeth Langgässer, Frederick Philip Grove and Thomas Mann, as well as correspondence sent and received by Riley. This fonds contains the following series: Correspondence (1904-2002), Lecture Notes (1938-1997), Research Notes (1919-1996), Writings (1903-2002), Personal & University Business (1945-2003), and Sound Recordings ([ca. 1980]-2002).
This fonds consists of correspondence, periodical articles, pamphlets, slides, tape recordings, motion picture films and photographs relating to the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Fonds consists of a copy of "Robert Drummond: A Pioneer of the Rideau Waterway," a biographical article of Drummond, a lock builder on Rideau, and a shipbuilder in Kingston; and a copy of "125 Years of Physics at Queen's University, 1842-1967".
The fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, writings, subject files, tape recordings, notebooks, photographs, and diaries. There is considerable correspondence with well-known writers and artists as well as with many publishing houses and periodicals.