Fonds consists of correspondence, journals, speeches, lecture and research notes, publications; subject file relating to the Defence Research Board and Privy Council of Canada; reports, material relating to the Radioactive Waste Disposal Research Project; background material, submissions, reports relating to various Royal Commissions including the Royal Commission on Matters of Health and Safety Rising from the Use of Asbestos in Ontario, and the Ontario Commission on Truck Safety.

Fonds consists scrapbooks containing articles published by Jessie Deslauriers on the topics of gardening, science, and finances in a variety of local Kingston publications. It also contains research material around family genealogy and a copy of a manuscript entitled, "The Haphazard Gardener".

Item is a copy of "Our Heritage from the Ancient World", a report produced by the Evaluating Committee, looking at the experimental program undertaken at Lundy's Lane Public School, Fort Henry Heights, Kingston, Ontario.

The fonds consists of manuscripts for books published by Quarry Press, correspondence with authors, administrative and financial records. Included are submissions and related files for Quarry Magazine, Canadian Fiction Magazine and Poetry Canada, as well as manuscripts, notes, photographs and edited copies for other publications by Quarry. The fonds also contains some research notes and photographs for each of the books published by Quarry. The manuscripts include original typescripts, edits, galley proofs and finished publications. The fonds contains the following series: Correspondence, Administrative records, Financial records, Marketing, Promotion, Manuscripts, and Magazines.

This fonds consists of correspondence (1952-2005); editorials in British papers (1946-1950) and the 'Winnipeg Free Press' (1950-1960); subject files relating to his time as advisor to the Liberal Party and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson; notes on the development of social policy and the Canada Pension Plan; papers and lectures written by Kent; published articles and volumes; presentations to parliamentary committees; files relating to the Royal Commission on Newspapers (1980-1981); honours and awards.