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.
Items are Ann Hearn's QSSA card, a Summer School patch, and the playbills for Blithe Spirit from Queen's Summer Theatre and Second Concert by the Summer Symphony Orchestra, The School of Ballet, and the Summer School Glee Club.
The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, speeches and other material relating to the motion picture business, the Republican Party, the Second World War and American politics.
The fonds consists of phjotocopied correspondence with Mrs. Grove, Watson Kirkconnell and Desmond Pacey, and an original manuscript draft of novel about Abe Spalding, which was later revised and published as 'Fruits of the Earth', 1933. The microfilm contains drafts of several of Grove's manuscripts including, Fruits of the Earth, The Master of The Mill, The Weatherhead Fortunes, The White Range Line House and Consider Her Ways.
Fonds consists of authored, and co-authored, reprints of articles published in various medical journals. It also consists of course materials including lecture and research notes for the classes Dr. Sawyer taught at Queen's.
Excerpts from letters written by a final year Arts student, and Warden of Gordon House, regarding student life at the University to a friend serving overseas.
Fonds consists of an album containing photographs of Kingston and Barriefield during the Second World War. Album includes images of the automotive, motorcycle, and munitions training centres, individuals, and soldiers marching in the city, as well as military buildings and equipment.