The fonds primarily consists of correspondence. Letters to Thomas Kirkpatrick in Kingston from his mother, and other members of his family in Dublin, during the years 1823-1837 make up the bulk of the collection. In addition to personal correspondence there is some professional correspondence relating to Thomas Kirkpatrick's mission to London in 1837 to propose Kingston as the capital of Canada. Also included are photocopies of letters from Stafford Frederick to their brother, Alexander, who remained in Dublin.
Fonds consists of a series of letters addressed to Francis L. Walsh from authors such as W. H. Draper, J.H. Dunn and W. W. Baldwin a year before his death. Also includes a "Blue Book Department" circular dated December 30th, 1843.
The fonds consists of a limited number of business receipts, accounts and holdings of Ebenezar and Simeon Washburn. Includes receipts for shares purchased in three Steamers being built in the Kingston area: Comodore Barrie, Sir James Kempt and one an unnamed Steamer being undertaken by Calvin of Garden island in 1842.
The fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts and prepublication mock-ups relating to the various publications of Dr. Watters. The largest part of the correspondence relates to the British Columbia Anthology.
Material collected by the office of the Dean of Students, including birth control handbooks, student newspapers, and printed materials, is included in this fonds.
Fonds consists of correspondence, scripts, financial records, programmes, playbills, photographs, slides, and audio cassettes pertaining to numerous productions staged by the Queen's Faculty Players and the Drama Guild (1920-1987); records relating to the proposed construction of a new theatre (1965 & 1976); records relating to the Conference of the Association of Canadian Theatre History, held atQueen's University in 1991; scrapbooks (1894-1914); printed material, dealing mainly with theatre in New York State; Kingston's Grand Theatre; and assorted brochures from Drama Department (1927-1960).
