The collection consists of various documents from Kingston, including receipts, permits and handwritten histories of the area, as well as a map of Port Arthur and a stock certificate for Meridian Gold Mining Company in Nova Scotia. Also includes a permit for privy cleaning, and an overdue notice for library books.
The collection consists of a copy of "Notices of the Rideau Canal" (1832) signed by Esther March By, a letter to Col. John By (8 Apr. 1833), a history of "Col. By and the Rideau Canal" produced on the centenary of the Canal (1932), an address from a Rotary luncheon in Gananoque on "The Rideau Canal System" (1943) by Charles E. Kidd, and clippings relating to the canal.
Collection consists of material acquired during the research and writing of the history of the Canadian Locomotive Company, entitled, "Constructed in Kingston: A History of the Canadian Locomotive Companies, 1854-1968". Included are membership cards and a company medal belonging to William (Bill) Cox.
Collection consists of a copy of "Beyond the Trenches: WWI Diary of G.F. Guest," edited by L.V. Guest; photographs of G.F. Guest, while a student at Queen's University at Kingston, and during his time with the Queen's No. 5 Stationary Hospital, and following its transfer to France, the Queen's No. 7 General Hospital.
The collection consists of drawings for a cottage on Sunnyside Island, designed by H.J. Hardenberger of New York for S.E. Brown, as well as drawings for the Yacht House and specifications for carpentry and masonry.
The fonds consists of copies and transcriptions of records relating to World War I and World War II; the Colby Collection description; calendars of some records; 106 photographs relating to World War II; and finding aids for several collections in the museum, including the papers of Sir Henry Tizard, 1885-1959.
The collection consists of photographs, including albumen prints and cabinet cards, and albums; a minute book of the Kingston Racing Association (1882), and an illuminated parchment being a 'Resolution of Appreciation' to J.B. Carruthers from the City of Kingston (1888); correspondence; and a scrapbook, all of which relate in large measure to either the Carruthers or Beeman families.