This collection includes a small amount of material directly pertaining to Morgan himself, such as his appointment as archivist, as well as correspondence relating to his work as an historian and archivist. The majority of the documents are those recieved by Morgan in his active documentation of the history of certain regions in Ontario. The majority of the material is from the Morris family documenting the settlement of the Perth area, with additional material about the Radenhurst family and Justice John Wilson of the Superior Court of Upper Canada.
Collection consists of military papers, correspondence, and other material, including an edited copy of "An Act to Incorporate the Ontario College at Picton" (1868).
Collection consists of travellers' accounts of visits to Kingston and vicinity (1671-1900); copies of articles and booklets relating to the history of Kingston and district.
The collection consists of a number of tintypes and other photographs collected by Herman Balesic over the years. The hand-tinted tintype portraits were mainly taken by J.D. Wallis, melainotype artist, who had an office on Market Square in Kingston, Ontario. The other portraits are examples of the work of other local photographers such as Spohn, Bell, Abbott and Sheldon and Davis.
Correspondence includes letters from General H.D.G. Crerar, the Secretary to King George VI, Norman Robertson, W.L. Mackenzie King, the Assistant Secretary to the Governor-General, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ian A. Mackenzie, James Forestall, Field Marshall Montgomery of Alamein, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
The collection consists of drawings for a farm house on Hickory Island for J.W. Wood by Warren, Wetmore and Morgan Architects of New York, collected as part of the "Ah, Wilderness" exhibition at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.
Collection consists of reminiscences entitled Fifty Years of the 'Queen's Gang': A Chronicle, being "a rather unique group of Queen's graduates [who] began their fellowship while attending the Peterborough Normal School in the 1930's ...".
