This fonds consists of correspondence, reports, research notes, drawings, plans, sketches, photographs and slides, and clippings relating to the the restoration and interpretation, under the Directorship of Reginald R. Dixon, of the National Historic Site known as Bellevue House, Sir John A. Macdonald's home located in Kingston, Ontario; files relating to his time as a senior bureaucrat in the National Historic Sites Service of Parks Canada; a section of his autobiography entitled, 'I was Forged on the Anvil of War, Chapter 9 - The Bellevue Years' (1998); and 'Bellevue House: An extract from the autobiography of R.R. Dixon' (2000).
Fonds consists of a copy of R.E. Vipond's memoirs entitled, "Thanks for the Memories"; and photogrpahs of his wife Dorothy, at her convocation ceremony, on the stage of Grant Hall, Queen's University at Kingston.
The bulk of the fonds is the correspondence of Carrie and Julia. Of particular interest is their letters from Lady Agnes Macdonald, widow of Sir John. Baroness Macdonald's letters tell of her life abroad with her daughter Mary and her continuing interest in Ottawa life. There is a small amount of correspondence from Miriam Reiffenstein Macpherson Fenwick, the daughter of Miriam Reiffenstein Macpherson. Besides legal papers, such as wills, administration of trustees and estates, the fonds reflects important happenings in the life of the Reiffenstein family; the fire at the family home in Ottawa in 1885, Carrie's train trip West with the MacDonalds in 1886, a family trip abroad in 1889, the diamond wedding anniversary of George and Georgina Reiffenstein in 1900, and the trip to England in 1904 by Carrie and Julia where Julia died in London.
Fonds consists of meeting minutes; correspondence; and the Association's newsletter, RAQ News; and a recording of a speech made, as part of 'RAQonteur - A series of forums to strengthen links between Queen's and Kingston', by then Chancellor of Queen's University, David Dodge, entitled "A Difficult Period of Transition for the Global Economy: The View from Kingston" (24 March 2009).
