The fonds consists of material created and kept by Harry Tanner. Much of the material that still exists was originally that of Dorothy Todd Tanner, that remained in Harry's possession when she passed away. The fonds has been divided into two series, material seemingly created and or accumulated by Harry Tanner about his life and work, and a second series of material that was maintained by Dorothy Tanner from, or about, Harry that then came to be in Harry's possession after her death.
The papers constitute the richest collection of documents tracing the history of the Jews in Canada from 1760 to 1850. During this period in which Sephardic Jews were dominant, the Hart family allied itself to most of the Jewish families in Canada and the United States. The fonds consists of the following series: Religion; Arts; Education in Canada; Journals; Political papers; American invasion; Medicine; Military; Social life; Family papers; Land papers; Legal papers; Financial papers; Industries; Local business; International business; Maritime affairs; Railways; House locations; and Miscellaneous.
The fonds consists of predominantly textual records created over a 35 year span reflecting the operations of Harvest House Ltd. Publishing and includes correspondence, manuscripts, galleys, book covers, cover art, promotional material, book review clippings, contracts and financial information. The material has been arranged by the archivist into the following series: Published projects; Administrative files; and Unpublished materials.
Fonds primarily consists of material pertaining to winning the World Barely Championship in 1968/1969. A small amount of other official personal documentation accompanies that material (marriage license, school marks, Holstein breeding certificates).
The fonds consists of correspondence between Hazel (Summers) Kompass and Professor Richard Plant (Queen's Drama Department) and speeches discussing the life and career of George Horatio Summers and the Summer Theatre at Burlington, Ontario.
Fonds consists of a scrapbook containing clippings of many of those Kingston and area individuals who enlisted, fought, and on occasion gave their lives, during the First World War; photocopies of pages of a diary maintained by Sergeant W.G. Hazlett.
The fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts (both published and unpublished), poems, plays, notebooks, and daybooks. The material reflects Humphrey's literary life from her teenage years up until 2010, and shows the process of writing books of both poetry and prose from beginning to end. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Correspondence; Daybooks; Promotional material; Teaching Material and Writings.
