Fonds consists of images of the Carruthers family and friends, household interiors, pinics, and other family outings. Most were taken in and around one of the family dwellings -- the "Annandale" in Kingston, Ontario, and at the family cottage, located on Carruthers Point, Kingston, Ontario, now used as a Girl Guides of Canada cabin and camp site.
The fonds consists of correspondence, clippings, speeches, reports and photographs dealing largely with Dr. Stirling's long association with Queen's University, particularly the period when he was Chancellor. Most of these papers are about Dr. Stirling's public life.
The fonds consists of a body of artwork consisting of original illustrations, cartoons, drawings, and mixed media images provided to publishers, magazines, and various media outlets, including "Harrowsmith Magazine", "Equinox", "Bungalo Books", "Groundwood Press", and "Pokeweed Press".
The fonds consists of both textual and microfilmed material relating to Baron John Buchan's personal life and career as Governor General of Canada The textual material includes correspondence, speeches (general and political), writings (published and unpublished), subject files, scrapbooks, press clippings, and photographs. The microfilmed material includes correspondence with Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936-1940, and one letter from Roosevelt to Lady Tweedsmuir, 1941 Apr. 16 and the original manuscript for "Sick Heart River" which is housed in Special Collections, Queen's University Library.
Collection consists of a 'scrapbook' of Queen's University student ephemera including attendance cards, programmes, invitations, and other printed material belonging at one time to John Charles Smith and Edwin Ashley; plus H.P. Roe's "Qualitative Analysis" chits from the Chemical Laboratories at Gordon Hall, Queen's University.
