The collection is comprised of four series: Books; Articles, Reviews, etc.; Reports of Lectures; and Miscellaneous material. This material reflects the work of Macmurray from 1926 through his life until after his death in 1979.
The collection was brought together from several family branches related to the Griers, particularly from that of the Cartwright family branch. The collection is comprised of additional material from the Addison, Butler, Farrell-Purnell, Matheson, Stevenson, Stewart,and Dobbs families. Included in the collection are correspondence, journals, photographs, accounts and mementos of Brigadier-General George Strachan Cartwright, as well as photographs and a commonplace book of Anne Leman Purnell and Harriet Dobbs Cartwright. Among the photographs are images of Aden, Yemen, Delhi, India and Niagara Falls from the 1890s.
Collection consists of a 'scrapbook' of Queen's University student ephemera including attendance cards, programmes, invitations, and other printed material belonging at one time to John Charles Smith and Edwin Ashley; plus H.P. Roe's "Qualitative Analysis" chits from the Chemical Laboratories at Gordon Hall, Queen's University.
The collection consists of correspondence, including a letter of advice, written one week after Confederation, by John A. Macdonald, to Thomas.A. Milne, of Markham Mills, and the Union candidate for the Riding of East York in the 1867 election, concerning James Metcalfe, the ultimate winner; account book (1855-1858); land and business papers; a badge and press clippings about unveiling of the memorial to Macdonald in City Park, Kingston, in 1895.
Collection consists of two souvenir albums containing photographs of the Royal Visit to Kingston, Ontario, in 1951, by H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth, and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh.
This collection contains material documenting various land transactions concerning Lot 4 in the 1st Concession in the Township of South Fredricksburgh, County of Lennox and Addington. This location was a family farm which was bought and sold a number of times over the hundred and fifty years represented in the records. The transactions reflect the dealings of the following families: McTagert; Thompson; Jenny; Sillmand; Close; Leech; Wright; and Morton.
Collection of documents relating to Adolphustown and Napanee area. Family names include Roblin, Steel, Lucas, Miller and Foley. There is also a list of subscribers of a telephone company founded at Adolphustown in 1888. Several invoices from Albert College are also in the collection.
Collection consists of a photograph of Gunner Henry Edward Harry Brouse taken in uniform after his enlistment in the 2nd Heavy Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, at the age of fifteen; and photocopies of the Attestation Papers and other supporting documentation relating to H.E.H. Brouse to provide added context to the photo.
Collection consists of photocopy (2007) of the "Attestation Paper"; and photograph of Lieutenant John Arthur Dalton of Kingston; a press photograph ["Chicago Tribune"] of officials of the newly formed National Unity Party (a.k.a. Canadian Nazi Party) at a convention in Kingston, Ontario, held 2 July 1938, an article copied from the "Toronto Star" (4 July 1938), and a brief biographical sketch of Party leader Adrien Arcand.