Correspondence, game book, news clippings, photographs and documents recording family and civic happenings in Kingston with mention of well-known people and families of their area, 1875-1876 and 1889.
The fonds consists of material relating to both the private and public life of the artist, reflecting the development, growth and working life of the artist over a 50 year time period. The fonds consists of records that reveal and document the many activities of the artist such as: the creation, mounting and exhibition of artworks; teaching; participation within local and national associations and groups such as PEN Canada and CARFAC, as well as local artist-run centres and organizations; residencies undertaken; texts written and published; and honours and awards received. Includes: correspondence; research materials; working and prepatory material for artworks in various media formats; transcripts; translations; journals and agendas; speeches and conference papers; drafts, manuscripts and working correspondence regarding published texts; and teaching notes and material. The fonds has been arranged in the following series: Projects; Teaching activities; Artist in the Community; and Personal activities.
The fonds consists of photographs, of Vernon MacIsaac during his days as a student at Queen's University at Kingston, including one of the Queen's University mascot, Boo Hoo the Bear; and his time as a draughtsman and Assistant to the Chief Engineer at the Deloro Smelting and Refinining Company, located in Deloro, Ontario.
Photographs donated by Vernon S. Ready showing images of the Faculty of Education, the visit of Bill Davis to Duncan McArthur Hall, tuition protests by students, John Deutsch and others.
The fonds consists of correspondence, writings, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, sketchbooks, photographs, charts, drawings, and maps. It is a record of Wynne-Edwards' professional life as an biologist and academic from his school days in Leeds to his death in Aberdeen. The greatest amount of this material reflects Wynne-Edwards professional life, however, there is some personal material in this fonds. The correspondence covers a wide variety of topics including views on Wynne-Edwards thesis about animal dispersion. The subject files include material on the Nature Conservancy, the Red Grouse Project, research topics and the like. There is also a large collection of 35mm slides that cover the Wynne-Edwards post Second World War journeys, in particular his two trips to Baffin Island in the 1950's.
