The fonds consists of the correspondence of Sir John A. Macdonald. Included are letters from politicians, cabinet ministers, bureaucrats, religious figures and businessmen. There are approximately 100 individuals represented in this series with whom there was considerable correspondence. Among the most voluminous correspondence is that from Gilbert McMicken (secret service reports); Sir George Stephen; Sir Alexander Campbell; Hon. Edgar Dewdney; Sir Alexander T. Galt; Lawrence Vankoughnet; Sir David Macpherson; and Sir Charles Tupper.
Collection reflects Hawkins activities as the College Life Photographer and the images depict student activities, the student strike and various campus buildings at Queen's University. Of particular interest are photographs of the Tool Shed and Mining building and interior candid shots of the Student Memorial Union. Also includes images of Fort Henry prior to restoration.
Fonds consists of marks books, including examination results, synopses, and lists of Applicants for Degrees (B.A. & M.A.), kept by Professor P.G.C. Campbell and others.
The fonds consists of microfilm of the Duckworth collections held by the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, the National Archives of Canada, and the Queen's University Archives, which were jointly microfilmed in 1977 and 1980. The collections were identified on the microfilm by the institutional stamps of the Newfoundland Archives and of the National Archives on the documents belonging to each, while the photocopies of the material belonging to Queen's Archives bear the hand printed letters Q.A. In the finding aid, the initials PAC and QUA respectively are used to distinguish the small number of documents from the two latter repositories from the main body of material derived from the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, which is not specially identified. Series consists mainly of official papers, 1810-1812, relating to Duckworth's period as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Newfoundland. There are also a few earlier papers dating from the governorship of Duckworth's predecessor in Newfoundland, Admiral Holloway, and from Duckworth's previous service in the West Indies, as well as a very small number of miscellaneous private papers which derive from periods before and after Duckworth's Newfoundland command. The material is arranged in six main sub-series. The fonds also includes a small amount of original correspondence on naval affairs, letters from Admiral Duckworth to Lady Duckworth and returns by ships in his fleet, March 1809.
