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Promotional package for the Tall Ships Rendezvous in Kingston, Rochester and Toronto in 1984. Includes letters of welcome from community leaders, itineraries, press releases, etc.

Diary of a young woman touring the Thousand Islands for the month of August 1883 starting in Hartford, Connecticut on August 1st, 1883 and ending in Montreal on September 1st, 1883. The author spends much of the diary remarking on the beauty of the scenery, the quality of the food and variations in the weather. She recounts day excursions on both American and Canadian islands and towns and mentions Clayton, Alexandria Bay, Gananoque, Brown's Bay, Hay's Island, Whitney Point, Guernsey Point, and Stave, Bluff and Skinner islands. She is traveling with the Redfield family (Mr. and Mrs. Redfield and their children George and Henry) and the "Professor". They encounter a Dr. Norris who is known to the family. When they arrive in Montreal they stay at the Windsor Hotel, which is greatly admired.

There is an additional three page entry at the end of the diary describing a trip to the White Mountains in New Hampshire in September of 1885.

Items are a photograph of Dr. Fyfe (Fife) Fowler, and a drawing of Fowler's mother, both in frames.

A Ship's Account Book which shows the expenses of the Schooner H.J. Jones and the Schooner Laurel.

Item is a video recording of an interview on a boat with a man talking about the naming of the Thousand Islands, among other points of interest about the Islands.

Collection consists of audio recordings from CBC, interviews with African writers, and other recordings related to African authors. Includes recordings of Chinua Achebe and Douglas Killam (an Achebe scholar).

Item is a photo album with numerous b&w photographs attached inside. About halfway through the album, there begins multiple pages of photographs around Queen's University: of students and buildings etc. It can be surmised that this photo album belonged to a female student from the graduating class around 1945, as there are faint dates written in pencil on some of the pages.

Short essay regarding journals found below HBC Fort Dunvegan which record, among other things, the potential for agriculture in the Peace River region.

Chapter on Eastern Ontario, p.665 (1882).

Item is a photograph album from a student at Queen's University. The album contains images of classmates and some buildings on campus, with many images captioned.