The fonds consists of correspondence, letterbooks, ledgers, scrapbooks, legal documents and financial records relating to Kingston business and shipping. The letterbooks, 1887-1889, contain correspondence of the Montreal Transportation Company. There are letters to Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Mackenzie Bowel. Topics include the Orange Order, Catholicism, employment of locals, prices for timber in the hinterlands and the building of ships in Kingston.
Correspondence, newsclippings, photographs and photocopies relating to Allan Neil MacLean and his family. Some names in the family tree are Strange, Warburton and MacPherson.
The fonds consists of a typed transcript and xerox copy of a diary kept by George Drew on a trip from Parham, Ontario, through North Temiscaming and into Northern Ontario, surveying and prospecting.
The fonds consists of correspondence, legal documents, accounts, bound volumes and miscellaneous papers relating to the theatre from its organization in 1899 to its liquidation in 1919. Of particular interest is the document of incorporation in 1899 signed by Oliver Mowat.
The fonds consists of correspondence, legal documents, financial records, minutes and reports of the Kingston, Ontario home for indigents. Of particular interest are two visitors books (1853-1863) which record the comments of members of the Board of Directors who visited the House of Industry every four or five days.
Correspondence, 1851-1856: some of the correspondence is between Smythe and his fiancee (and later wife) Ida Jones from Brockville. Ida was a known artist of the area and had some art displayed in exhibitions. diary, 1878, and legal documents, 1863-1878.
The fonds consists of photocopies of correspondence related to James Douglas' mining endeavors in the United States with a focus on Copper Queen Consolidated Mining in Arizona, where he was president. Also, includes some personal correspondence. The majority of the correspondence was sent to Douglas. Other materials include a booklet on the Douglas Hospital, an archives fact sheet on Dr. James Douglas II, and correspondence about the Douglas Chair of Canadian and Colonial History.
Letters from Lawson to Professor Balfour regarding botany and events at Queen's University, calendar and testimonials in favour of Lawson submitted to Queen's University in 1854.
