The fonds consists of correspondence of Governors General, logs of company ships, such as the Shelihoff, Tungus, Constantin, Kamchatka and Menshikoff, and journals of exploration, in particular the northern overland expedition under the command of Lieutenant Lavrentii A. Zagoskin.
Scrapbook contains original poems and drawings related to Kingston about 1840-1846. There is a coloured lithograph of St. George's Cathedral after its renovations in 1846, drawings and watercolours of other Kingston scenes.
Fonds consists of correspondence, articles, diaries, subject files, news clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, manuscript notes, notebooks, cartoons, watercolours, and medals. Adam Shortt's involvement with Queen's University, his work as Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, his work as first Chairman of the Board of Historical Publications of the Public Archives, his active career as a public speaker, and his creative output are all reflected in the papers. There is also a large series of autographs that Shortt collected over the course of his life.
The fonds consists of correspondence and writings and includes his unpublished biography of W.L. Mackenzie King. Correspondents include John Diefenbaker, Arthur Meighen, Senator Paul Martin and Dr. Wilder Penfield.