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Letter (photocopy) to Duncan Campbell Scott, 1905 Nov. 8, in which he asks permission to include 'Piper of Arll' in a forthcoming anthology and describes the influence this poem had in interesting Masefield in poetry. Undated letter to unidentified person relating to the inclusion of the poem 'The days that make us happy make us wise' in a booklet. The collection also includes a letter to Mrs. H.A Bruce from Masefield, and a photograph of Masefield.There is also a handwritten draft of a poem written by Masefield which is entitled "Lines suggested by Her Majesty's visit to Canada June, July 1959".

Draft manuscripts of two texts on mathematics (1930s) both on the topic of synthetic solid geometry.

A.L.S. to H. J. Morgan giving some historical information on the early days of the Ottawa Valley based on his father's life (Alexander McNabb) as a public servant in Ottawa. He discusses the Rideau Canal: the laying of the cornerstone by Sir John Franklin, gives reasons for its contruction and why Ottawa was choosen as the captial of Canada. He elaborates on Col. By and tells a story of the COlonel tearing down a brothel in Ottawa. Dated at Southampton, Ontario.

The fonds consists of fifteen letters received and sent by John McDonald between 1816 and 1845, and a miscellaneous group of documents. One letter, from his brother Charles, is dated prior to McDonald's arrival in Canada; the remainder are from the period 1834-1845. Seven letters written by McDonald to his wife during the month of April 1839 give an account of the parliamentary session he was then attending in Toronto; among the topics are the Union and Clergy Reserve deabates, the Durham Report, school legislation and a Governement House dinner. A further letter to Mrs. McDonald (Dec. 14, 1839) refers to the sitting at which the Legislative Council (with McDonald in the Chair) voted approval of Union. There are two letters from political associates, Charles Bockus, M.L.A. for Prince Edward and James Morris, M.L.C., and two concerned with St. Lawrence Canal business. Finally, there is a cicular to shareholders in a steamship enterprise and a letter from McDonald's nephew, J.B. Baker, concerning the great fire of May 28, 1845, at Quebec. Also included is a writ of summons to the Legislative Council, to John McDonald, signed by Lord Sydenham and Thomas Amiot (June 9, 1841), and a four page holograph memorandum by Herbert Stone McDonald, describing a visit to a fortune-teller near Farmersville, Leeds County (Dec. 6, 1860).

Fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, reports, subject files, political party materials, and records reflecting four decades of endeavor in numerous areas; correpsondence and MSS relating to articles appearing in the "International Political Science Review"; correspondence and articles relating to various international confereneces attended. The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, Ontario Advisory Committee on Confederation, and the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission are covered in great detail.

Letter from John Robertson and two depositions relating to trips in June and July, 1828.

This fonds consists of a programme for the Aesculapian Society's 'Annual Dinner, 1923'; and J.N. MacMurchy's 'College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Certificate (1924).

The fonds consists of two photo albums, containing images from Nordman's trip to Manchuria. Included in these images are scenes of concentration camps and war atrocities, street scenes and photos of buildings.

Fonds consists of photographs of Kingston Transit buses, both past and present.

Fonds consists of historical research and photographs of Rockwood Asylum (now Kingston Psychiatric Hospital); professional papers (1960-1976); bound volume of "The Rockwood Review" (1894-1897); staff photographs.