The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files relating to his term as Vice-Principal (Finance), private research reports, speeches and reports. There are several files relating to accounting, municipal budgeting and the Ontario Committee on Health Care Costs.
The fonds consists of photographs of buildings on the campus of Queen's University at Kingston, many of which were subsquently torn down to make way for the construction of Chernoff Hall and the new Residences.
Correspondence between Joseph Landon and various individuals regarding land business and legal papers. Includes a 1806 copy of the statutes of His Majesty, Province of Upper-Canada in North-America, a 1828 note of acreage under cultivation, description of animal markings for determining ownership of various sheep and cattle in the area, an Inn Keeping Licence granted to Joseph Landon, indentures and mortgages and various other papers. Also in the fonds is a record book of various declarations by different individuals and the roles and jobs they were undertaking for the township; jobs such as Pound Keeper, Path master, Overseer of Highways, Assessor, Collector, etc.
The fonds consists of land records, receipts, ledgers, records of military service, paper silhouettes, an autograph book and correspondence. Taken together these record activities of the various branches of the family since its arrival in Canada. It must be noted here that these papers are not by any means a complete record of these activities but they do provide an interesting insight into the family at various times over the years.
Correspondence from the Department of the Interior about a canoe trip from Georgian Bay to Kingston 1930, and from the Hudson's Bay Company about a trip to James Bay, 1940 and 1945. The collection also contains a memorandum of supplies needed on James Bay Trip.
The fonds consists of a ledger for the Kingston branch of the Knights of Labor (Local Assembly No. 553). The ledger was later used as a scrapbook, and has many pages pasted over with news clippings.