The fonds consists of correspondence from various members of the family, land grants, deeds, mortgages, stocks, wills, probates, power of attorney, financial records and a copy of the Herchmer Family Tree. Most of the material relates to Johan Jost Herkimer; his son Lawrence Herchmer; Lawrence's son, the Reverend Willam Macaulay Herchmer and his wife Frances and his son Col. William Macaulay Herchmer of the North-West Mounted Police.
Fonds consists of correspondence, notes, typescripts and material relating to his book "Queen's, Queen's, Queen's" (1977); research files and background material for various articles that appeared in the 'Flashback' column of the "Alumni Review", and in 'The Passing Show' column in "The Kingston Whig-Standard" (1986-1989).
The fonds consists of correspondence and news clippings mainly concerning H.J. Symington's retirement as president of Trans-Canada Air Lines, as a director of Canadian National Railways and as Chairman of the Board of Price Brothers and Company Limited. Also includes correspondence from Symington to Fay Christie during their courtship (1908-1910), a press release about Symington handwritten by Louis St-Laurent, and a certificate signed by King George VI. The proceedings and arrangements for the funeral of William Lyon Mackenzie King and lifetime gold passes for CN Rail and Trans-Canada Air Lines are also included. This fonds contains the following series: Correspondence (1908-1965), Subject Files (1925-1965), and Photographs (1948-1962).
The fonds consists of correspondence, maps, clippings and photographs. The material documents the lives and careers of Herbert Horace Roberts and his wife, Margaret (Harrison) Roberts.
The fonds consists of project work, technical papers, subject files and reference material on underground transmission cable systems, design and installation. Includes St. Lawrence River cable crossing.
The fonds consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, news clippings, transcripts of local diaries, and alphabetical family and genealogical files. These genealogical files, which relate mainly to Bay of Quinte and Loyalist families, contain correspondence, research from printed sources, newspaper clippings and some photographs. Also included is a set of ordnance survey maps of Kingston and area dated 1869.
The fonds consists of correspondence to, and from, several Canadian Prime Ministers, British political figures and Canadian writers, a series of reports and articles on both medical and political subjects authored by Dr. Bruce and others, radio broadcasts and speeches, newspaper clippings, and a genealogical chart.