Fonds consists of correspondence, including several members of the Group of Seven - A.Y. Jackson, Lawren Harris, and A.J. Casson; diaries, including a detailed inventory of the Putnam's art collection; subject files; clippings; photographs; sound and vidoe recordings consisting of an interview with A.Y. Jackson detailing the early years of the Group of Seven, and interviews with Joyce Putnam by CBC Radio's 'Ontario Morning' and local Kingston television (COGECO) programme, 'Senior Scope'; material relating to the publishing of Joyce Putnam's manuscript, "Seven Years with the Group of Seven"; files relating to the theft of a number of Group of Seven paintings from the Putnam's personal collection; scrapbook of her one-woman art show; a copy of her personal reminiscences entitled, "75 Cents a Week".
Manuscripts, articles, research notes, interview tapes and transcripts on British immigrant children, studies of history of childhood, labour history especially in textile industry, women and work.
Item is a photocopy of a journal, outlining a plan by an Irish-American group to invade Upper Canada through Kingston. Also includes letters surrounding the acquisition of the material.
Journal of a trip, by an unknown writer, on the "Herald" to Denmark, the West Indies and Quebec and on the "Britannia" to Greece. The journal imparts stories of the Emporer's inspection of his fleet at Cronstadt, the port of St. Petersburg, meeting the "Queen of Hurons" in Quebec, a journey up Mount Ida in Turkey, and various other adventures.
Correspondence and photographs pertaining to the design of the new University library as submitted by the competition winners Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (KPMB) Architects, Toronto, Ontario.
The fonds consists of a letterbook that contains nearly 200 letters and drafts of correspondence concerning politics or Caron's legal and business dealings. They cast some light on the political machinations of the day and in particular on Caron's unsuccessful campaign in Bellechasse in 1872, and the contest which preceded his election for Quebec County in the following year.
Fonds consists of 3 compact discs, including one with WAV file and MP3 file, containing his last on-air programme ("Free Folk Radio") at Radio Station CFRC, recorded 16 December 1979; one 16 mm film, entitled, "Cityaniscape", which looks at the rapid urbanization of Calgary, Alberta (1987); and a DVD containing the same film, in digital format, plus a digital copy of a second film, entitled "Auld Lang Syne", which documents the demolition of the 'Queen's Hotel', located in Calgary, Alberta in 1983 (1984); Both films were nominated in the Best Short Film category at the annual Alberta Motion Picture Industry Awards (AMPIA) night, in their respective years; plus "Cityaniscape" was also nominated in the Best Screen Writing category, at the 1987 AMPIA gala, held in Edmonton, Alberta; correspondence relating to a 'still' from "Cityaniscape".
