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The fonds consists of a number of booklets written by Isabel K. Eddy (IKE) relating to various family members. 'The Life of Robert Harkness, 1833-1883', and 'A Captain's Story: Donald Norval Eddy ~ 1918-1945', are tributes to her grandfather, and brother-in-law and his family, respectively. The former recounts among many, the story, based on letters home, of Robert Harkness' adventures with the famous cross-country trek of the Overlanders. The latter tells the story, based largely on letters he wrote home as well, of Donald Norval Eddy's time in England and France, as a Captain with the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, during World War Two. 'Thomas Henry Race, 1845-1924', tells the remarkable story of her paternal grandfather, from his days as an eye-witness at the Battle of Gettysburg, to his move to Mitchell, Ontario, where he began publishing the 'Mitchell Recordor', to his time as a Trade Commissioner, as a result of a political appointment arranged by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, attending a large Exhibition in New Zealand. 'Letters of a Subaltern', divided into three parts, contain letters (1941-1945) home from the front during World War Two, from her husband-to-be, Robert C. Eddy.

The fonds consists of several scrapbooks of the articles written by Reginald Whitty for the Kingston Whig Standard for the period of 1975-1984.

Fonds consists of legal records (land deeds and a bond) pertaining to various members of the Amey family -- John, Joseph, Nicholas, Peter -- of Ernesttown Township, Ontario, including an 1809 deed relating to 'Mary Howard/Otherwise McKenzie' of Loughborough, Township, Ontario; receipts; and a letter appointing Peter Amey as 'Convenor of Highways' in Ernesttown Township.

Fonds consists of microfilmed copies of records created and/or maintained by the Tyendinaga Indian Agency. The records are comprised of two bound volumes containing records of sales of Indian lands, a bound cash book recording monies collected for the rental and sale of Indian lands, miscellaneous receipts and letters from the area's inhabitants to the Agent at Tyendinaga, annual census returns of the Native population in the Agency, ten blotter-copy letterbooks and a scrapbook. The letters are written mainly to officials of the Department of Indian Affairs in Ottawa and are concerned with administrative matters, problems arising from the rental and sale of lands, requests for supplies and money for schools and the church, and complaints of the Native population. Each letterbook contains an alphabetical subject index at the beginning. Copies of the minutes of Band Council Meetings are included in the Agent's reports. The scrapbook contains typed historical information on the Native population and pictures and clippings of local activities and accomplishments.

The collection consists of postcards, photographs and a dinner menu assembled by Margaret Hutson pertaining to Harry Litchfield. Of particular note are the photographs of the Thousand Islands Railway engine and the early model automobiles.

The fonds consists of a promotional booklet, published by the Gananoque Reporter, entitled 'The Thousand Islands, Ontario, Canada.'

The fonds consists of a collection of colour slides, with supporting documentation in the form of 'stories' recording their creation, of a series of quilts made in concert by members, that were gathered togther for a Retrospective Show, to celebrate the first twenty years of the Kingston Heirloom Quilters.

Fonds consists of a copy of a cognate essay, submitted to the Department of History entitled, ''The Sword of the Lord': Honourary Captain Waldo E. L. Smith and the Second World War'.

Women's Missionary Society.