The fonds consists of correspondence; biographical and geneological data; articles and essays about Sangster; photographs; and scrapbook. Correspondence includes letters from members of the Sangster family (1809-1962), including Charles Sangster; and letters of the Ross family in Prince Edward Island (1809-1935).
Collection consists of correspondence; diaries; Christmas, Easter, and Valentine's Day cards; family accounts and Estate files; calling cards and invitations; pamphlets; recipe booklets; photographs and postcards; 'ladies' magazines; and clippings; largely relating to the Burns and Dowker families
Fonds consists of a membership ledger (1941-1968); minutes (1946-1981); and a song booklet entitled "The Co-op Sings", compiled for Collins, Berry, and Boucher House.
The fonds consists of the immediate and related business and legal venture of the Scovil family in the regards to their general store business. The bulk of the fonds consists of ledgers, daybooks and record books of the Scovil General Store through three successive owners. The related legal documents pertain to wills and testaments, mortgages, quit claims, indentures and land transfers. Of particular interest is volume 41 which includes eight pages of medicinal recipes.
Scrapbook contains original poems and drawings related to Kingston about 1840-1846. There is a coloured lithograph of St. George's Cathedral after its renovations in 1846, drawings and watercolours of other Kingston scenes.
Fonds consists of eleven presentation drawings which were executed for the Board of Trustees by Shepard and Calvin of the proposed Queen's library 1915 (7 drawings) and campus plan 1920 (4 drawings).
