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The South Carolina collection consists of two parts: Part 1: the Papers of James Henry Hammond, and Part 2, Miscellaneous Collections of Personal and Family Papers. James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) was a statesman and plantation owner in South Carolina. He served in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, and was Governor of South Carolina from from 1840 to 1842. The papers reflect his role as both statesman and planter, including records pertaining to agriculture, education, family life, the practice of law, politics and slave management.The Miscellaneous collections of Personal and Family papers includes: Samuel Porcher Gaillard Plantation journals; John Forsythe Talbert Plantation journals; a Caleb Coker Plantation book; James Trezevant Plantation diary and records; Glover family papers;a James Talbert Ouzts Plantation book; a David Milling Plantation book; John Ogilvie Medical Account books; a diary from Natalie DeLage Sumter; the papers of Mary Hart Means; Thomas family diaries; the papers of James Ritchie Sparkman; the John Stapleton papers; Thomas Cassells Law papers; John McPherson DeSaussure papers; Lewis Malone Ayer papers; the Read-Lance family papers; the Heyward family papers; John Ewing Colhoun papers; the Miller-Furman-Dabbs family papers; and the Hammond-Bryan-Cumming family papers.

The fonds consists of correspondence regarding political and judicial matters including the Paris Peace Conference, 1919, the disarmament conference of 1921, and correspondence between the Governor General and the Colonial Office, referred to Borden for his information and papers of the Canadian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference consisting of memoranda and reports on topics discussed at the conference, prepared fpr use within the Imperial War Cabinet and by the British Empie delegation. Also included are notes, memoranda, lectures, speeches, clippings, reports, addresses, diplomas, memoir notes, family papers, and diaries.

The fonds consists of correspondence, diaries and photographs from the period of Dunsmore's World War I service (1915-1919), and the WWI diaries of his brother-in-law Clarence Voaden (1917-1918). It also includes various writings, correspondence, lectures and addresses from his time of service on the Board of Trustees, and minutes and reports from the Queen's University Campus Planning committee as he also served on that committee for almost twenty years.

Collection consists of correspondence; diaries; Christmas, Easter, and Valentine's Day cards; family accounts and Estate files; calling cards and invitations; pamphlets; recipe booklets; photographs and postcards; 'ladies' magazines; and clippings; largely relating to the Burns and Dowker families

The fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda relating to the Canadian Pacific Railway, pamphlets, diaries, sketches and a framed book-plate silhouette of Oscar Wilde created by Fleming.

The fonds consists of records which reflect Rettig's work over a 50 year period. The records document both his personal and artistic life from his school years and training up until his practice as a professor and established artist in the community. The fonds consists of three series: Diaries/Journals; Miscellaneous and Sketches/Designs.

The fonds consists of correspondence between Glover and D.D. Calvin, 1920's to 1943, diaries, 1896-1901, and selected letters.

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.

Diaries.

Fonds consists of correspondence, including letters home to his wife during his time overseas in WWII; sermons, extending over half a century as well as many dating from his time as a Navy Chaplin; writings; research notes and lectures, from his time at Queen's University as an educator; photographs; subject files, both personal and professonial; prayers; and diaries, dating from 1921 until 1984.