The collection consists of original and copied material assembled for research in the publication of 'Enzyme Solution: The Story of Ensol' by Robert and Katherine Connell Crothers. The majority of the material reflects the activities undertaken by the Hendry-Connell Research Foundation between 1935 and 1951, in the patent and research process of producing and administering Ensol as a cancer treatment. There is a small amount of material reflecting the writing and research process of producing the book. The collection consists of three series: Correspondence; Publications and Reports; and, Subject files.
Fonds consists of the typescript of Mr. Pardoel's two volume history of coaching at Queen's University at Kingston, entitled "Intercollegiate-Interuniversity Sports Coaching Record, 1873-2002." The second volume is subtitled, "20 plus years coached".
Fonds consists of correspondence; photographs; and his long lost memoirs largely relating to his involvement in the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion; and his interactions with such notables as William Lyon Mackenzie, Sir John A. Macdonald, Edward Barker, Pirate Bill and his daughter Kate, and a murderous Captain of the Fort Henry Guard.
This fonds is comprised of is a personal diary kept on a daily basis that commences April 24th 1855 "continued from the other book" ( the other book is not present) aboard HM Steamer Rifleman at Corrientes. It runs to May 7th 1857 where it ends in mid page, with several blank pages remaining. Mackarsie describes the numerous comings and goings of senior officers, visiting officials, civilian visitors and his daily activities. The geographic range of the Ship seems to be along the east coast of South America, mainly in the River Plate estuary with side trips to Rio de Janeirio. The fonds also includes a log of approximately 50 pages, handwritten with entries made in 8 columns, for HMS Spy. The first entry is on Wednesday Sept 26th , 1849 and provides technical information pertaining to wind direction, latitude and longitude, times, and comments about daily sailing observations such as: "observed strange sail, made sail in chase, boarded the French barque Juste of Calais, 11 killed." The last entry for the log is Saturday December 29th of the same year. There are a number of Pay bills (Navy form 86) for Mackarsie also present. Interspersed with the journal, log and pay slips are other items of a more comtemporary vintage. There are several pages of hand written notes, which take the form of an article, speech or radio broadcast which outlines a brief provenance of the material as well as there interest in the historical study of the supression of the slave trade by the British Navy. Also of note is a rough geneaology of the Cock family (wife of Henry Herbert Mackarsie).
The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files and news clippings relating to the activities of Henry J. Donley as a prominent member of the Progressive Conservative Party in the Kenora-Rainy River district.
This collection includes a small amount of material directly pertaining to Morgan himself, such as his appointment as archivist, as well as correspondence relating to his work as an historian and archivist. The majority of the documents are those recieved by Morgan in his active documentation of the history of certain regions in Ontario. The majority of the material is from the Morris family documenting the settlement of the Perth area, with additional material about the Radenhurst family and Justice John Wilson of the Superior Court of Upper Canada.
