Fonds consists of correspondence, reports, research notes, articles and other published material, clippings, and photographs relating to her abiding interest in a number of historical and heritage endeavours, including 'Sir John A. Macdonald Memorial Day'; the Kingston Harbour Front Archaeological Project, and the historical use of site surveys with maps, reports, and cards; photographic slides and prints of the Memorial Windows at Kingston City Hall; assessment rolls and indices for Bedford, Hitchenbrooke and Sheffield Townships in the old Frontenac County; a volume published in 1856, entilted, 'Maps, Reports, Estimates, &c., Relative to Improvements of the Navigation of the River St. Lawrence, and a Proposed Canal Connecting the River St. Lawrence and Lake Champlain.'; and blueprints of the Murney and Fort Frederick (Martello) Towers.
Fonds consists of a typed copy, with research notes, of Ms. Hooey's history of the Senate of Queen's University at Kingston, entitled, 'The Queen's University Senate: Evolution of Composition and Function, 1842-1995'; correspondence to and from Jean Royce and her sister Marion, and the research and writing of the biography of Jean Royce by Roberta Hamilton; Daily Journals and Daily Notes and other material while Margaret Hooey was at Queen's, primarily in her role as Secretary to the University; reports generated by The Barriefield Associates; photographs of the University Secretaries Meeting at Queen's University (1994); and a CD recording the conferring of her Queen's LL.D. (30 May 2002); artifacts relating to Jean Royce.
Fonds consists of authored, and co-authored, reprints of articles published in various medical journals. It also consists of course materials including lecture and research notes for the classes Dr. Sawyer taught at Queen's.
Collection consists of photographs of 11 St. Lawrence Street and 198 Stuart Street, prior to their demolition to make space for new campus residences at 194 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario; and slides of those houses on University Avenue, Kingston, Ontario, that were either moved to a new location, or were demolished to make way for the new Stauffer Library at Queen's.
