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The sous-fonds consists of correspondence, poetry, prose, biographical articles, critical commentaries and personal documents.

Correspondence, notebook, birthday book, biographical articles, critical commentaries, news clippings and drawings.

Poetry, prose and pastel sketch of a winter scene.

Correspondence, manuscript of On desertion in Canada, 1844, and notes on Richardson.

Prose, biographical article about MacLean and advertisement for his book, The Indians of Canada.

Poetry, prose and News clippings.

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.

Item is a land grant awarded to Charles Simmons, a private in Stockton's Company of the 6th Regiment of Infantry, for service in the United States Military, signed by John Quincy Adams.

The collection consists of handwritten copies of poems by Bliss Carman and Charles G.D. Roberts, articles written by Carman for the university monthly's De Literis, a student notebook, two of his university essays and four letters to Mary Hatheway.

The collection consists of photographs of Kingston, particularly Sydenham Ward and Queen's University, several local ferry boats, Queen's radio station CFRC, some travel photos from Ontario and Quebec, and a few pictures of steam locomotives.This collection seems to reflect the interests of Mr. Clench in the 1950's and the early 1960's. In particular it shows his interest in Kingston and its surroundings during Ralfe's student days at Queen's.