The fonds is predominantly comprised of photographs of Sunny Acres Nursery and members of the Paterson family. There is material and photographs from or about each immediate family member: James (father), Edith (mother), Helen (sister), Rowan (sister), and William. As the longest living member of the family William Paterson was the holder of the family archives.There is a small amount of material relating to horticulture and the business of the Nursery.
Fonds consists of Board of Trustees Finance Committee minutes (1965-1980); correspondence; and subject files in areas under the responsibility of the Vice-Principal Finance. Judging from the dates of the record, there are most likely records also from the Vice-Principal Administration position which had the financial responsibilities of the University prior to the formation of the Vice-Principal Finance.
Queen's University. Office of the Vice-Principal Finance
Fonds consists of financial ledgers and invoices relating largely to the Long Lake Cheese Factory, built and operated by the Smith Family (Ira and Wendell, his son), plus a general store also operated by the Smith family.
The collection consists of photographs, including albumen prints and cabinet cards, and albums; a minute book of the Kingston Racing Association (1882), and an illuminated parchment being a 'Resolution of Appreciation' to J.B. Carruthers from the City of Kingston (1888); correspondence; and a scrapbook, all of which relate in large measure to either the Carruthers or Beeman families.
Item is a photograph depicting an unidentified sailing ship docked in front of Saint Lawrence Wholesale Grocery Company and Hackett's Hardware in Ogdensburg, N.Y.
The fonds includes The St. Lawrence Seaway Authority. Cote Ste. Catherine Lock Plans. 1956, Welland Ship Canal construction photos (1923) Phi Sigma Kappa Certificate of Initiation for Francis Stuart Lazier (1904). Four boxes of photographs and negatives, approximately 1705 photographs and 1198 Negatives. The negatives were left in the original wooden box which was constructed for them. The four photo albums contain photos from the “Iroquois Constructors Ltd., Toronto. Construction of the Robert H. Saunders-St. Lawrence Generating Station for the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario. Cornwall, Ontario. 1955-1959.” The photos in these albums were taken by P. Mickles, F.F. Newton and K.D. Morawski.
