Fonds consists of newsclippings, articles and research related marine history in Kingston, as well as various aspects of Kingston history, including the Black experience in Kingston and business history. Also includes research on bottles, bicycles, Portsmouth Village, Kingston Penitentiary and all manner of events in Kingston history.
The fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial statements and press clippings of the Rideau 150 Citizen's Committee (Southern Region), relating to preparations for celebratory events on the 150th anniversary of the Rideau Canal.
Fonds consists of constitutions and by-laws; minutes; correspondence; e-letters; subject files; newsletters; Association and related publications; maps and trail descriptions; commentary to accompany a slide show introducing the Association to various audiences; 35 mm slides; clippings pertaining to the Rideau Trail Association and its Chapters or Clubs, including Kingston, Ottawa, and Central (Perth), Ontario.
This fonds consists of an account book relating to the financial affairs of the R.M. Ford Tannery, located in Kingston, Ont. (1871-1877); and a record of investment dividends (1933-1938).
The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes of meetings, publications, accounts, lists of tunes in the band's repertory, lists of band supplies ordered, annual reports, membership lists and accounts of specific band activities. Several detailed histories of the organization were written over the years and these have been included in the fonds.
The fonds consists of the personal records of the Kingston-based journalist and author Robert A. O'Brien (1915-2000). It contains his published and unpublished writings in various genres including journalism, criticism, scholarly work, fiction. In addition to his reviews, articles, and stories - and the notes and other research he compiled in the writing of these works - the fonds also includes speeches and radio scripts which he wrote. In addition to his writings, the fonds contains records of his personal life, including documents relating to his family life and finances, his service in the Canadian Army (1941-1953), and his post-secondary education. This fonds contains the following series: Personal documents (1878-1998), L.H. Irving correspondence and other material (1885-1951), Notebooks (1952-1997), Army (1930-1960), University records (1934-1956), Thesis - Literary Dandyism (1952-1971), Writing and research (1939-1994), and Radio (1974-1980).
This fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, memorabilia relating to various reunions and his manuscript of the 'Class of '45'; subject files pertaining to his many activities in connection with Queen's University at Kingston over the years.
