[Photocopied ca. 1978] (originally created [ca. 1938]-1940)
The fonds consists of correspondence of Mrs. James Richardson and James A. Richardson, Jr., especially relating to the visit of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Queen's University in 1938 and to the family's donations to many University undertakings, the turnover of Mrs. Agnes Etherington's home and their work as members of the Board of Trustees
Fonds consists of newsclippings, articles and research related marine history in Kingston, as well as various aspects of Kingston history, including the Black experience in Kingston and business history. Also includes research on bottles, bicycles, Portsmouth Village, Kingston Penitentiary and all manner of events in Kingston history.
The fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial statements and press clippings of the Rideau 150 Citizen's Committee (Southern Region), relating to preparations for celebratory events on the 150th anniversary of the Rideau Canal.
The collection consists of a copy of "Notices of the Rideau Canal" (1832) signed by Esther March By, a letter to Col. John By (8 Apr. 1833), a history of "Col. By and the Rideau Canal" produced on the centenary of the Canal (1932), an address from a Rotary luncheon in Gananoque on "The Rideau Canal System" (1943) by Charles E. Kidd, and clippings relating to the canal.
Collection consists of: Plan of the Works at Kingston Mills – 22 Jan. 1831; Survey of Brewers Upper Mill and Round Tail being the first plan of the series of the Survey of the Cataraqui Creek – 22 Jan. 1831; the Woodwork of the Face Sluices Jones Falls & Kingston Mills; Plan of Section of Waste (water?) Gate, Brewers Mills; Plan of Section of Face Sluices Jones Falls & Kingston Mills; Report of the State of the Works at Brewers Upper Mills; Report of the State of the Works at Kingston Mills; and, Plan showing the waters through which the Route of the Rideau Canal will pass. Also includes photographic copies from drawings held at the Archives of Ontario.
All maps signed by Colonel John By, one map signed by Burrowes (though likely responsible for all drawings).
Fonds consists of constitutions and by-laws; minutes; correspondence; e-letters; subject files; newsletters; Association and related publications; maps and trail descriptions; commentary to accompany a slide show introducing the Association to various audiences; 35 mm slides; clippings pertaining to the Rideau Trail Association and its Chapters or Clubs, including Kingston, Ottawa, and Central (Perth), Ontario.
