The fonds consists of collected correspondence about the life and work of Alexander Muir, as well as photographs and press clippings gathered from various archives and libraries in preparation for commemorative activities carried out by the Queen's Alumni office. Original correspondence relating to the commemorative activities is also present.
Correspondence includes letters from General H.D.G. Crerar, the Secretary to King George VI, Norman Robertson, W.L. Mackenzie King, the Assistant Secretary to the Governor-General, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ian A. Mackenzie, James Forestall, Field Marshall Montgomery of Alamein, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
The portion of Albert Schwenger's collection housed at Queen's University Archives is divided into two manuscript series. The first series consists of documents related to the Milne and MacKay families. The papers originate with Captain William Milne who settled in Ancaster where his daughter Anna Maria married into the MacKay family in the 1820's. His correspondence comments of trade conditions, relations in the native community after the Treaty of Greenville and European wars. Of particular note is a letter of introduction for Captain Milne written in Turkish from 1799. The second series consists of unrelated historical documents primarily from the Niagara area, but includes one British document.
Fonds consist of both First and Second Class examination papers for students administered by the County of Lennox & Addington Board of Public Instruction.