The collection is comprised of letters written to Howard and Daisy Gerring by Alan and Ruth Collier during their summer sketching trips from 1956 to 1987. The letters are very detailed and were often created in a diary-type format with each letter containing daily accounts of the Colliers' travels. The letters reference people met on the journey, issues pertaining to the maintence of the their vehicle, and events that happened along the way. The material was arranged chronologically in binders by the Gerrings.
The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, curriculum material, research papers, manuscripts grant applications, research files and index cards, and clippings. These are records of Dr. Tulchinsky's professional life as a professor of History at Queen's University. Included here are some family and personal papers that outline his life outside of his involvement with Queen's. There is also a good deal of material relating to his involvement with and research interest in the Canadian Jewish Community and the Holocaust. The bulk of these records relate to Dr. Tulchinsky's teaching, research, and publications.
The fonds consists of correspondence, news clippings, articles, pamphlets and offprints of articles. Many files relate to a proposed biography of Sir Edward R. Peacock. Correspondents include T.S. Eliot, Lord Beaverbrook and a number of individuals at Queen's University. There are also manuscripts and offprints of Professor Graham's publications, a recording of and photographs of initiation activities for Queen's University's class of Arts '26. There is also a noteable amount of family material including a childhood photo albums, posthoumous material gathered by his family pertiaing to GSG's life and times, as well as genealogical material relating to the Graham family. This fonds contains the following series: Correspondence (1925-1984), Subject Files (1932-1981), Peacock Biography research (1904-1975), Writings (1935-1979), Photographs (ca. 1922) and Sound recordings ([1944-1945]).
The fonds consists of correspondence and research notes relating to his work on SSHRC grants and Canada Council grants on colonial surveys, the Directorate of Overseas Surveys and East African surveys and mapping.
Collection consists of photographs of Queen's University and Kingston, including images of snow sculptures, buildings and events on Queen's campus, as well as photo albums of families in Kingston with images of Royal Military College, military encampments, and various Kingston buildings. Also includes the films of O.T. Macklem.
The fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, writings, subject files, tape recordings, notebooks, photographs, and diaries. There is considerable correspondence with well-known writers and artists as well as with many publishing houses and periodicals.
The fonds consists of correspondence, legal and financial records, catalogues, and subject files dealing in some detail with the history of the automotive industry in Ontario and Canada, especially as it pertains to the formation of General Motors of Canada Limited and its antecedents, including The McLaughlin Carriage Company Limited and the McLaughlin Motor Car Company. In addition, many aspects of G.W. McLaughlin's life --and to some extent that of his family as well-- is documented through correspondence, legal and financial records, subject files, and photographs from the time of his entering into partnership with his brother R. Samuel McLaughlin, to the period following his retirement from the automotive business.
The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, typescripts of books, essays, galley proofs, news clippings, broadcast scripts, subject files, lectures, photographs and sound recordings. Dr. Whalley is the author of several books and many essays and articles. Most are represented here by working drafts, final copies and many by the final published version. Correspondence dealing with each topic and publication is also included. Another aspect of Dr. Whalley's career, broadcasting, is well represented in the papers. Dr. Whalley authored many scripts for radio and television. Drafts of scripts, revisions and correspondence with producers follow each work through from inception to reviews. There is also documentation of the 1939 Cambridge polar expedition as well as some personal material documenting Whalley's relationship with his family. The fonds was arranged by the donor into the following series: Books; Essays and articles; Broadcasts; Poetry and early imaginative writing; Professional papers, reports; Professional correspondence; and Personal material.
