The fonds is comprised of material donated by Cuthbertson in his activities as a Kingstonian, author and local historian. Some of it is material created by Cuthbertson such as the ten photographs of the damage caused by the ice storm in 1998 including shots of the interior of the University gymnasium where members of the general public were housed. Some of the material is research gathered by Cuthbertson such as the records and research he compiled in the writing of his small book on the Kingston Ponies.
The fonds consists of portraits and photographs of people, buildings and events around Queen's campus. Includes portraits of Eleanor Roosevelt, Prof. Frost and Dean Ellis, as well as images of the Queen's Observatory, football games and general student life.
Fonds consists of Science '47 minutes and a scrapbook with clippings from Lachance's time at Queen's University. Also includes his blue woolen jacket of Science 1947
Memoir of life at summer cottage, 'Avalon' on Grindstone Island on Big Rideau Lake, Portland, townlship 1923 to ca.1962, with trip journals. Scrapbook of photographs of Avalon 1936-1947, including many photographs of Mrs. Elda McDowall Johnston.
This fonds consists of photographs taken during Kathleen Brookins time as a student at Queen's University at Kingston, and a photo album of the Gillan family.
Fonds consists of three albums documenting Kathleen Daly's trip to Ireland, and her family in Kingston, Ontario; two watercolours depicting Legget's Pint and Simcoe House.
Fonds consists of correspondence from various close friends and acquaintances including André and Jeannette Biéler, Joe Clark, John & Olive Diefenbaker, Harriet & Eugene Forsey, Leslie Frost, Jeanette Turner Hospital, Flora MacDonald, Isabel Meighen, and Hilda Neatby.
Fonds consists of letters home while a student at Queen's University; Queen's memorabilia; and Queen's recruiting material in "The Argus" (yearbook of the Sault Ste. Marie Collegiate Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario); and Queen's memorabilia. Of particular note is a letter from Jean Royce dissuading Nasi from pursuing a degree in Engineering.
