This collection consists of copies of correspondence; memoranda; building estimates; and plans relating to the construction, and subsequent renovations, of the Kingston Militia Drill Shed (1865-1900), when it was located on the campus of Queen's University at Kingston.
Collection consists of photographs of engineering plans for various components associated with different sections of the Rideau Canal, including dams, lock gates, sluice gates, and bridges.
Collection consists of images of Quebec City including views from the ramparts and the ramparts themselves, streetscapes of the old City, and the Hotel Frontenac; copy of "White House Cook Book", being an assortment of recipes, mixed with kitchen etiquette, and information concerning the White House, its hospitality, menus served on special occasions by various First Ladys, with their portraits.
Collection consists of a facsimile copy of "Lady Macdonald's Manuscript Receipt Book", originally found in "The Manuscript Book and Household Treasury".
Collection consists of photographs acquired by Blake McKendry representing several Kingston photographers including William P. Bell (W.P. Bell & Son, Bell & Son), John F. Lochhead, and Guthbert Esmond Marrison.
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).