The fonds consists of material created and kept by Harry Tanner. Much of the material that still exists was originally that of Dorothy Todd Tanner, that remained in Harry's possession when she passed away. The fonds has been divided into two series, material seemingly created and or accumulated by Harry Tanner about his life and work, and a second series of material that was maintained by Dorothy Tanner from, or about, Harry that then came to be in Harry's possession after her death.
Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, speeches, lectures, research notes, writings, published works, subject files, photographs and material related to organizations to which Lower belonged. Literary files from the Executors of the estate of A.R.M. Lower which include unpublished articles. Also included is an audio tape recorded in Kingston, Ont., April 13, 1971 which is a discussion of recent Canadian history, as well as Dr. Lower's views as expressed in the book Canadians in the Making. Dr. Lower also answers various questions concerning his philosophy of history as it relates to his philosophy of life.
Fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, financial records (1972-86) minutes (1972-2009), reports, Annual General Meeting booklets, annual "Heritage Award booklets, talks, notices, publications, photographs, printed material, newsletters (1973-2012), copies of the Kingston Cablenet production, "Kingston: Appreciate This City. Episode II: Kingston the capital"; as well as correspondence, minutes, publications, photographs, and correspondence from the Ontario Royal Commission on Electric Power Planning to which the Foundation presented a brief. The fonds also includes mounted photographs from the 'Decline and Fall' Exhibition.
The fonds consists of predominantly textual records created over a 35 year span reflecting the operations of Harvest House Ltd. Publishing and includes correspondence, manuscripts, galleys, book covers, cover art, promotional material, book review clippings, contracts and financial information. The material has been arranged by the archivist into the following series: Published projects; Administrative files; and Unpublished materials.
The fonds consists of correspondence relating to his resignation from the leadership of the New Democratic Party in 1970, his resignation from the Legislature in 1982 and the Ontario New Democratic Party Hydro Task Force. The research notes, which were used for the preparation of his newspaper articles (1982-1987) contain material on many of the most important issues in Ontario politics during this period. The files on hydro illustrate the numerous problems (environmental, economic and technical) encountered by the province during the first half of the 1980's. The files of writings contain an extensive collection of his newspaper articles and book reviews written from 1977 to 1989. The fonds also includes an instructional video, produced by the [Ontario] Legislative Assembly Broadcast and Recording Service, and hosted by Donald C. MacDonald, entitled 'The Ontario Elections Finances Act: An Introduction', (April 1987).
Fonds includes records and publications of The Ethnicity and Democratic Governance Project which was an international Canadian-based five year SSHRC research initiative led by Bruce Berman of Queen's University, the team of thirty-nine international researchers and additional associated organizations examined one of the most complex and challenging issues of the world today: governing ethnic diversity.
Also consists of a submission to the Canada National History Society in relation to the "Pierre Berton Award".
