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Transcript and photocopy of letterbook containing copies of emigrant letters to England.

Original letters, along with typed transcripts and 'Douglas Library Notes' dealing with same, of John Wilson to James M. O'Leary about Grosse Ile, the epidemic of 1847 and Irish immigration to Canada.

The diary of William Fitzgerald starts with brief records of weather and a few daily events in January of 1892. It goes on to record many of the events that occurred in Mr. Fitzgerald's life in 1892 and 93. These include events in Camden East, Kingston,and Zion Church in Kingston. Much of the diary is taken up with recording events that happened while the author was employed as a cheese maker in Pittsburgh Township and it also records a visit the author made to Syracuse to look for work.

Photocopy of typescript of reminiscences written by Mrs. Richard Lazier was in her 89th year.

The fonds consists of notes and manuscript material for his Rougon-Macquart cycle of novels. Les Rougon-Macquart was set in France's Second Empire and depicted the effects of violence, alcoholism, and prostitution in two branches of a single family over five generations. The fonds includes: La Fortune Des Rougon, 1871 (The Fortune of the Rougions); La Curée, 1874 (The Rush for the Spoil); Le Ventre De Paris, 1874 (The Belly of Paris); La Conquête De Plassans, 1874 (The Conquest of Plassans); La Faute de L'Abbé Mouret, 1875; Son Excellence Eugène Rougon, 1876 (His Excellency Eugène Rougon); L'Assommoir, 1877 (The Dram Shop / The Gin Palace); Une Page d'Amour, 1878; Nana, 1880 (trans.); Pot-Bouille, 1882 (Restless House); Au Bonheur des Dames, 1883 (The Ladies' Paradise); La Joie de Vivre, 1884 (How Jolly Life Is); Germinal, 1885; L'Oeuvre, 1886 (The Masterpiece); La Terre, 1887 (The Soil); La Rêve, 1888 (The Dream); La Bête Humaine, 1890 (The Beast in Man); L'Argent, 1891 (Money); La Débâcle, 1892 (The Downfall); and Le Docteur Pascal, 1893 (Doctor Pascal).

Relates to a newly published book.

The fonds consists of legal documents relating to the Griffiths estate.

Collection consists of military papers, correspondence, and other material, including an edited copy of "An Act to Incorporate the Ontario College at Picton" (1868).

Two page letter from Sir Sam Hughes to Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper recommending Captain Franklin Crandell as a suitable candidate for the position of Steamboat Inspector.

Correspondence and other papers of James Wickens, British Army officer and emigrant, and member of the related Wickens, Fields and Darby families. Includes records of marriages and baptisms within said families.