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The fonds consists of records which reflect Rettig's work over a 50 year period. The records document both his personal and artistic life from his school years and training up until his practice as a professor and established artist in the community. The fonds consists of three series: Diaries/Journals; Miscellaneous and Sketches/Designs.

The fonds consists of correspondence between Glover and D.D. Calvin, 1920's to 1943, diaries, 1896-1901, and selected letters.

Original manuscript diary of Dr. Thomas Robinson Dupuis' trip to Europe in the spring and summer of 1881. Of particular note are his many visits to hospitals and medical schools - witnessing curriculum, operating procedures, as well as sitting an exam for a diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons.

Diary of a young woman touring the Thousand Islands for the month of August 1883 starting in Hartford, Connecticut on August 1st, 1883 and ending in Montreal on September 1st, 1883. The author spends much of the diary remarking on the beauty of the scenery, the quality of the food and variations in the weather. She recounts day excursions on both American and Canadian islands and towns and mentions Clayton, Alexandria Bay, Gananoque, Brown's Bay, Hay's Island, Whitney Point, Guernsey Point, and Stave, Bluff and Skinner islands. She is traveling with the Redfield family (Mr. and Mrs. Redfield and their children George and Henry) and the "Professor". They encounter a Dr. Norris who is known to the family. When they arrive in Montreal they stay at the Windsor Hotel, which is greatly admired.

There is an additional three page entry at the end of the diary describing a trip to the White Mountains in New Hampshire in September of 1885.

The fonds consists of correspondence, writings, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, sketchbooks, photographs, charts, drawings, and maps. It is a record of Wynne-Edwards' professional life as an biologist and academic from his school days in Leeds to his death in Aberdeen. The greatest amount of this material reflects Wynne-Edwards professional life, however, there is some personal material in this fonds. The correspondence covers a wide variety of topics including views on Wynne-Edwards thesis about animal dispersion. The subject files include material on the Nature Conservancy, the Red Grouse Project, research topics and the like. There is also a large collection of 35mm slides that cover the Wynne-Edwards post Second World War journeys, in particular his two trips to Baffin Island in the 1950's.

Diaries.

Fonds consists of correspondence, including letters home to his wife during his time overseas in WWII; sermons, extending over half a century as well as many dating from his time as a Navy Chaplin; writings; research notes and lectures, from his time at Queen's University as an educator; photographs; subject files, both personal and professonial; prayers; and diaries, dating from 1921 until 1984.

The fonds consists of photocopies of a series of diaries containing an almost daily holograph record of the activities of the farm near Brockville, Ont., and surrounding district.

The fonds consists of correspondence, articles, notebooks and photographs from the earlier period of Gregory's career, involving the Weekly Sun and the Continental Union Movement, and from his later years having to do with public affairs. There is no correspondence of a purely personal nature. Noted personages who are well represented include Goldwin Smith, Henri Bourassa, Sir Wilfred Laurier and Mackenzie King. There is a large number of pamphlets, addresses and publication, relating specifically to commercial union, continental union, and Canada First; material relating to Goldwin Smith; a typewritten draft of Gregory's projected autobiography, which he never completed; as well as several letter-books, scrapbooks and diaries.

The fonds consists of personal correspondence, school notebooks, lecture notes and classroom material, manuscripts and published material, political posters and pamphlets, addresses, scrapbooks and a photograph album.The fonds has been arranged in the following series: Personal and family correspondence, 1859-1963; Gordon family material, 1850's-1950's; Organizations (includes IODE, Women's Missionary Society, Dominion Drama Festival and Levana), 1920-1950; School notebooks, 1890-1908; Personal record books (includes diaries), 1899-1951; English department material, 1909-1950; Manuscripts and publications, 1920's-1950's; and Miscellaneous items, 1822-1860.