Fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, subject files, Arts and Culture files, audio and video tapes, sketches; architectural drawings; and the diary of Reva Brooks, which give an idea of the richness and active nature of their lives. The correspondence covers several continents geographically, and several decades of time. Topics range widely, and include numerous references to North American and Mexican arts and culture. Photographs of Leonard Brooks World War II art are included.
The fonds consists of a journal listing deaths in Kingston, Sydenham, Loughborough Township and Cataraqui, frequently listing the age and cause of death. The journal was also used as a scrapbook, and contains some ledger entries. Also included are a flyer advertising Forepaugh's Circus visit to Kingston on July 9, 1880, a postcard, letter, invoice, two envelopes and two cut ledger pages.
The fonds consists of correspondence, day books, journals, ledgers, cash books, and the financial records documenting the business transactions at the store, saw-mill, grist mill, flour mill, boarding house and electric plant. Also included is an Indenture between Benjamin Tett and O'Hare. The papers record the affairs of Benjamin Tett and his sons, John Poole Tett and Benjamin Tett, Junior and grandson Edmmund J. Tett.
Fonds consists of ledgers, journals, lumber records, letter books, correspondence, contracts and agreements and miscellaneous material relating to the timber-making, rafting, forwarding, shipbuilding, towing and salvaging of the Calvin Company. There is also a collection of photographs relating to both family and business.
Fonds consists of photographs depicting various events, performances, shows, and the like that have taken place within the Grand Theatre over the years; programmes; an audio reel of a Public Service Announcement, created by John Bermingham, Vice-President of Radio Staion CKLC, for the" Grand Theatre Rebuilding Fund"(1964); a promotional film entitled "Grand Theatre".
The fonds consists of correspondence; subject files; financial and legal records; Daybooks with accompanying Indices; writings; diplomas and certificates; photographs; and videocassettes providing a detailed portraiture of the 'country doctor' in Eastern Ontario from the late 19th to the mid- 20th century.
The Fritz-Green fonds is comprised of material created and/or collected and collated by Paul Fritz. The records predominantly pertain to the history of the Delta region that were gathered, acquired, and purchased by, or given and gifted to, Paul Fritz from a variety of sources during his time spent researching and writing about the area. The fonds also contains a significant amount of material which documents various Green family members (Fritz's maternal side) as well as textual records created in the course of Fritz's own personal activity and endeavours. The fonds consists of of three sous-fonds and one collection: Paul Fritz sous-fonds; Green family sous-fonds; Delta Region Collection; and Stevens family sous-fonds.
Fonds consists of correspondence relating mainly to Alfred Bader's work in chemistry and his life as a gallery owner, art dealer, and art critic; subject files; papers documenting his early life in England, Canada, and the United States; records pertaining to his numerous travels around the world; writings and various publications; drafts and mss. in connection one of his memoirs entitled "Chemistry and Art: More Adventures of a Chemist Collector"; photographs. It also includes his POW shirt from WWII.
Fonds consists of correspondence, including several members of the Group of Seven - A.Y. Jackson, Lawren Harris, and A.J. Casson; diaries, including a detailed inventory of the Putnam's art collection; subject files; clippings; photographs; sound and vidoe recordings consisting of an interview with A.Y. Jackson detailing the early years of the Group of Seven, and interviews with Joyce Putnam by CBC Radio's 'Ontario Morning' and local Kingston television (COGECO) programme, 'Senior Scope'; material relating to the publishing of Joyce Putnam's manuscript, "Seven Years with the Group of Seven"; files relating to the theft of a number of Group of Seven paintings from the Putnam's personal collection; scrapbook of her one-woman art show; a copy of her personal reminiscences entitled, "75 Cents a Week".