Fonds consists of material created and accumulated by Mrs. Harrison in her pursuit of becoming a published author, portrait painter, and art conservator over a span of fifty years. There is also material from her personal and family life, in particular a 14 year correspondence with her daughter. The fonds includes the following series: Correspondence; Subject files; Prose; Printed material; and Art works.
Fonds consists of correspondence covering a broad array of topics; memoranda; speeches; subject files; diaries; scrapbooks; photographs; sound recordings of numerous speeches delivered over the years. Of particular interest is the prototype on cheese cloth (bunting), possibly used by Joan O'Malley to sew the first Canadian maple-leaf flag, which was presented to the Canadian Parliament by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Also includes the "Pearson Pennant."
Manuscripts of "Fifty years ago, a true story of the Canadian North West Rebellion" and "The Prairie Star : a saga of the western plains": both were unpublished manuscripts.
Fonds consists of correspondence; manuscript material; photographs taken at Queen's, in England, and in Egypt; copy "Queen's Y.M.C.A. Students' Hand-Book, 1909-1910", containing his class time-table, quotations, names and addresses of fellow students, doodles; receipts; and an admission ticket to the Kingston Skating Rink; notes, booklets, and pamphlets dealing with the formation of the United Nations and its Charter.
The fonds consists of a scrapbook containing newsclippings of poetry, cartoons, and photographs of Lindsay, Kingston, Toronto, the MacLennan family, Ontario judges, George Grant and others.
The fonds consists of a scrapbook containing news clippings, notes, telegrams and photographs relating to Private McNaughton's service with the Canadian Contingent in the Boer War.