The Haldimand papers and maps document events in North America during the pivotal period from the beginning of the Seven Years' War to the end of the American Revolution and early Loyalist settlement. The material provides information bearing on many of the significant developments of the time and includes correspondence with military figures such as Generals Jeffery Amherst, Thomas Gage, James Murray and Sir Guy Carleton; correspondence with various civil and military offices and their heads such as the Admiralty, the Provincial Navy, Lord Barrington, Secretary at War; Lord Dartmouth, and Lord George Germain, Secretaries of State; and various governors and lieutenant-governors. Also included are records relating to Indigenous affairs, civil government, loyalists, explorations, military affairs, secret intelligence, state prisoners and personal papers.
Fonds consists of correspondence; manuscript material; photographs taken at Queen's, in England, and in Egypt; copy "Queen's Y.M.C.A. Students' Hand-Book, 1909-1910", containing his class time-table, quotations, names and addresses of fellow students, doodles; receipts; and an admission ticket to the Kingston Skating Rink; notes, booklets, and pamphlets dealing with the formation of the United Nations and its Charter.
The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, agenda, and pamphlets of Canada Foundation, the Canadian Arts Council, Munitions Painting and the Wartime Information Board and the Federation of Canadian Artists. Also included are a draft copy of an autobiography (1982) and short stories. The microform reels contain correspondence, subject files, and a catalogue of Taylor's work.
This fonds contains photographs taken in and around Kingston during and after the Second World War. There is also an album of photographs taken during the building of the Iroquois Locks in the St. Lawrence Seaway. Of particular note are the journals Mr. Corneil kept while he was in charge of one part of the seaway project detailing the process of the construction on a daily basis for six years.
Fonds consists of manuscripts, correspondence and research material relating to the book "Healey Willan: His Life and Music," as well as correspondence and lecture notes relating to events and performances celebrating Willan's work. Also includes a music score for 'Processional for Wind Ensemble' composed by F.R.C. Clarke for the Sesquicentennial Convocation, 16 October 1991.
