Collection consists of Minute Books, including copies of land deeds, subscription lists, and accounts for Waterloo School House, later known as School Section No. 8 in the Township of Kingston, and subsequently changed to School Section No. 6 in the Township of Kingston; and teaching contracts; World War Two "Gasoline License and Ration Coupon books, an Savings Stamps; postcards and a photograph relating to Kingston, the 1954 Royal Visit to Kingston, and his great grandfather, William Saul; and a taped interview with his grandfather.
Item is a land grant awarded to Charles Simmons, a private in Stockton's Company of the 6th Regiment of Infantry, for service in the United States Military, signed by John Quincy Adams.
The fonds consists of books used in part by Fairfield family for account books : James Macfarlane and Company account and letterbook of Kingston Chronicle, 1832-1834; Cataraqui Bridge Company letterbook, 1827-1830; daybook for cut stone business, 1889; bank book of Herman Fairfield with Merchants' Bank of Canada, 1869.
Collection consists of correspondence created by the secretary-treasurer of the University, as well as the Principal . It also consists of correspondence to the administrators of the university, as well as draft minutes of meetings, deeds, printed material, financial records and other items related to the early governance of the university.
The Walter Hawkins collection consists of a scrapbook in two volumes entitled The Casket, along with 3 index volumes. The scrapbooks are bound in leather, by Clarke & Bedford, London. Many of the title pages within the volumes are elaborately decorated in the manner of illuminated manuscripts. Included are original works of art as well as copies of paintings and engravings, and hundreds of drawings of coins, some from Hawkins’ collection, and some accompanied by lengthy explanations of their origins. Also included are works of poetry and texts in foreign and ancient languages. Of the zoological, botanical, and historical artifacts depicted, some were described and drawn for Hawkins’ interest and/or inclusion in the scrapbook by traveling acquaintances. A significant portion of The Casket is occupied by Hawkins’ collection of “autographs of eminent persons.” They appear in various formats: on pages printed for the purpose, on tickets to lectures of the Royal Society tipped into the book, and on elaborately decorated pages displaying the autographs of members of individual institutions. Hawkins requested of some contributors that they provide a brief theme in an area of their interests or expertise, and several take the form of personal tribute to Hawkins. One section is dedicated to autographs of his fellow numismatists. Many of the autographs are dated within the period from 1843-1845, suggesting that the bulk of the collection was the result of an intensive project, rather than a life-long hobby. Some notable items are pencil tracings of two William Blake sketches, a watercolour done by John Hoppner, autographs of royal personages from Henry VIII to Queen Victoria, and the autograph of Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby). Some of the drawings are thought to be done by Walter Hawkins himself, especially the coins and medals as these were of particular interest to him. But many of the drawings were done by other people. Each item in The Casket has a number assigned to it. This number directly corresponds to one of the indexes which identifies the creator or provenance of most items.
This collection consists of a transcript of the 'Journal of the dayly occurances on my way from Adolphustown Upper Canada to Montreal on board the Hay Bay Adventure'. Mentions local landmarks, people and businesses.
The collection consists of correspondence, including a letter of advice, written one week after Confederation, by John A. Macdonald, to Thomas.A. Milne, of Markham Mills, and the Union candidate for the Riding of East York in the 1867 election, concerning James Metcalfe, the ultimate winner; account book (1855-1858); land and business papers; a badge and press clippings about unveiling of the memorial to Macdonald in City Park, Kingston, in 1895.
Collection consists of: Plan of the Works at Kingston Mills – 22 Jan. 1831; Survey of Brewers Upper Mill and Round Tail being the first plan of the series of the Survey of the Cataraqui Creek – 22 Jan. 1831; the Woodwork of the Face Sluices Jones Falls & Kingston Mills; Plan of Section of Waste (water?) Gate, Brewers Mills; Plan of Section of Face Sluices Jones Falls & Kingston Mills; Report of the State of the Works at Brewers Upper Mills; Report of the State of the Works at Kingston Mills; and, Plan showing the waters through which the Route of the Rideau Canal will pass. Also includes photographic copies from drawings held at the Archives of Ontario.
All maps signed by Colonel John By, one map signed by Burrowes (though likely responsible for all drawings).
The collection consists of a copy of "Notices of the Rideau Canal" (1832) signed by Esther March By, a letter to Col. John By (8 Apr. 1833), a history of "Col. By and the Rideau Canal" produced on the centenary of the Canal (1932), an address from a Rotary luncheon in Gananoque on "The Rideau Canal System" (1943) by Charles E. Kidd, and clippings relating to the canal.
