The fonds consists of correspondence, written histories, a diary and personal papers. There are also a large number of photographs and two films. This material provides a documentary and pictorial record of the family of Dr. William Henry Rankin and the area around his summer home at Collins Bay. The textual material consists of letters, written histories of Collins Bay, a family tree for the Rankin family, a diary kept by Mr. Harold Clark while he was at Guelph Agricultural College and a few other miscellaneous items. The photographs consist primarily of scenic views and individuals photographed near the Rankin house in Collins Bay from the early part of the century until just after WWII. The moving image material documents Kingston area including the Thousand Islands, the building of the grain elevator near Kingston and some interesting shots of the Rideau Canal. There is also one medical film, likely made at the request of Dr. Rankin.
The fonds consists of manuscripts and research material used in a talk that Elizabeth Sinclair gave on the history of the village of Collins Bay to the Kingston Historical Society. There are two notebooks, one of which is probably a rough draft and the other the text for her talk to the Historical Society. There is also a typewritten manuscript that probably went to the editor of "Historic Kingston". Finally, there are a number of notes and papers used by Mrs. Sinclair when preparing her paper. These include notes on land ownership in the area, notes on the book, The Baptists in Upper Canada, a one page history of the village by M.H. Grass, dated 1916 and a history of the Jubilee Woman's Institute.
This fonds contains photographs taken in and around Kingston during and after the Second World War. There is also an album of photographs taken during the building of the Iroquois Locks in the St. Lawrence Seaway. Of particular note are the journals Mr. Corneil kept while he was in charge of one part of the seaway project detailing the process of the construction on a daily basis for six years.
This fonds consists of a copy of Norris E. (Joe) Hunt's World War Two memoirs entitled 'Are You Ready Hunt?'It covers the period of his service as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force and the time he spent in a Prisoner of War Camp -- Stalag Luft 3 -- located in Luckenwalde, Germany.
Fonds consists of notes by Dorothy Kane, a former inhabitant of 67 Colborne St. in Kingston, regarding the history of her home. Also included is a page of notes taken by Carolyn LeBlanc of the Queen's Alumni Review during an interview with Dorothy Kane.
The fonds consists of correspondence from Zoe Vignau and her husband, David C. Low, to Madame Vignau in Boucherville, Quebec. It contains many important descriptions of political and social life in India in the 1820s. It also includes a family tree of the Wattsford-Low families and a copy of Une ville seigneurie Bouchervilles: Chroniques portraits et souvenirs (Montreal, 1890).
The fonds consists of two photo albums, containing images from Nordman's trip to Manchuria. Included in these images are scenes of concentration camps and war atrocities, street scenes and photos of buildings.
The fonds consists of photographs of winter activities, sketch books, newspaper clippings and souvenir booklets from various cities in Canada. Included are images of the Bank of Montreal in London, Ontario from the 1890s, snowshoing expeditions and a picnic in the early 1900s, and Revelstoke, British Columbia. Also included are sketchbooks by J. Brown of lanndscapes in 1841.
