The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, lecture notes, speeches, research, and various writings which document the many aspects of the distinguished career of Professor Hodgetts as political scientist, and author and administrator. The material is invaluable for his correspondence with many Canadian and American scholars. The files of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada and Canadian Political Science Association are important as documentation of the activities of these two organizations. Many aspects of Professor Hodgetts' special projects (including the Royal Commission on Financial Management and Accountability) are documented by the extensive files relating to these activities. Included in these files are the drafts and research material for several of his books.
Book of extracts from various sources including student notes from the University of Edinburgh 1821-25 session. Notes on home remedies, transcribed poems and manuscript sermons. Essay on taste, notes on the history of the Greeks.
The collection contains ten photographs of Nelligan related to his attendance at Queen's and five which depict Dennis Jordan (executor of the Stauffer estate) in the 1990s. Textual records are related to Nelligan's service in World War II, or Jordan's life.
The fonds consists of scrapbooks containing literary references, poems, articles, a short series on various counties in Ontario and news clippings of World War l. A notebook entitled The Heart of a Boy contains manuscripts and articles, 1884-1891. Three issues of The Maritime Advocate and Busy East, 1935, contain articles about Nova Scotia and enclosed correspondence.
The fonds consists of a typescript of a study entitled The Development of Legislation Relating to Immigration to Canada before Confederation and the Process of its Administration, The study consists of two parts, a general survey of the subject and a collection of relevant documents.