The fonds consists of ship registration records compiled in various ports of registry throughout Canada, including first registers, registers of subsequent transactions and mortgage registers. The registers contain information describing the type, size, dimension and means of propulsion for each vessel registered at a particular port as well as ownership details and ultimate disposition.The registers cover the following ports: Barrington Passage (1888-1907); Kingston (1846-1908); Maitland (1878-1923); New Westminister (1880-1899); Port Dover (1876-1930);St. Catherine's (1874-1895); Victoria (1897-1908); Weymouth (1874-1909); Digby (1877-1939); Picton (1851, 1874-1894); Port Burwell (1851, 1857); Lunenburg(1849-1855); South Hampton (1787); Quebec (1787-1907); St. Johns; Hamilton (1846-1935); Montreal (1832-1867); Dunnville (1861); Oakville (1855); Whitby (1856); Deseronto (1866-1933); Maitland (1874-1890); Port Dover; Medway (1874-1890); Napanee (1875-1890); Newcastle (1861-1923); Brockville (1874-1908); Kincardine (1927-1935); Gaspe (1855-1928); Ile Verte (1856), cobourg (1874-1919); Victoria (1867-1891); Vancouver (1890-1945); Port Rowan (1851-1891); Bowmanville (1888-1905); Truro (1873-1914); Lindsay (1898-1910); Goderich (1847-1899); Magdalen Islands (1856-1950); Port Arthur (1886-1913); and St. John (1841-1843).
Collection consists of steam packet announcements (newpaper clippings, 1833), a payroll sheet for the Nova Scotia Railway (1859), published memos on the CPR and the laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable, and a published train itinerary for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (1901).
Correspondence, press clippings, wedding invitations and typescript of family trees relating to the Auchinvole and MacMurchy Families and the early history of Gananoque.
This collection is comprised of papers related to Sir Francis Bond Head. Sir Francis Bond Head (1793-1875) was an English soldier, traveller and author born to James Roper Head of Kent. He was a soldier from 1811-1825 and even served in the campaign of 1815, present at the Battle of Waterloo. He was knighted in 1835 and created a Baronet in the following year. In 1835, he was appointed the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, and had to deal with the rebellion of 1837 led by William Lyon Mackenzie. In response to the rebellion, Britain replaced Bond Head with Lord Durham as Lieutenant-Governor. Bond Head returned to England and never held any office for the rest of his life. Thereafter, he devoted himself to writing, chiefly for the Quarterly Review. Includes: certificate indicating that Head had visited Niagara Falls in1836, and photograph of Head at age of 80.
Collection consists of military papers, correspondence, and other material, including an edited copy of "An Act to Incorporate the Ontario College at Picton" (1868).
Colection consists of material related to a wide gamut of Queen's activities and events including texts of addresses, notes related to coat of arms, crest, anniversaries, convocations, songs, student notes, class reunions, visitors, World War One and World War Two.
Collection consists of posters generated by various University offices and units, plus student organizations and associations advertising events, issues, and causes.
