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).
Fonds consists of diaries and journals, scrapbooks created and assembled by Gibson-Langille, as well as documentary art of various structures and vistas in the area surrounding Kingston.
Fonds consists of letters received by Shirley Walroth during her time at Queen's University. Includes letters from soldiers during World War II, family, and childhood friends. Of note are the variety of transmission media, including telegrams and airgraphs.
This fonds consists of two travel documents for Simeon Doudiet of the Principality of Neuchâtel, a region which is now part of Switzerland. The documents attest to the good character and birth of Doudiet as he is travelling from one district to another. One document still maintains partial seal remnant.
