The fonds consists of the medical and military records of Dr. James Edmund Mabee ranging in date from 1878 to 1922. Dr. Mabee was a Queen's University graduate who practiced as a general physician at Odessa, Ontario, for over sixty years. There are seven notebooks: one relates to his time at Queen's University, four are notebooks primarily concerning prescriptions, and two are notebooks of remedies and prescriptions pertaining to the 47th Regiment. There is also one patient account book (day book), 1887-1888, covering his medical practice and a file of textual materials including a prescription, correspondence, and newspaper clippings and Dr. Mabee's medical diplomas (New Jersey, Queen's University and Ontario). A later accrual of two letterbooks from Mabee's time as the Officer Commanding (O.C.) the 47th Militia Regiment of Odessa complete the fonds. The letterbooks address the daily business of the regiment such as ordering supplies, issuing pay, and responding to requests from the Eastern Ontario Command.
Fonds consists of "Attendance" and "Matriculation" Certificates while a medical student at University of Queen's College, Kingston and at Kingston General Hospital; a Governor-General's (signed by Sir Edmund Walker Head) "License" to practice various areas of medicine in Upper Canada.
Fonds consists of prints and negatives of buildings on the the campus of Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, taken from both the air, and at street level.
The fonds consists of records of the Club Champlain and its successors, including Dames Auxilliaire, L'age de l'avenir and some records relating to the founding of la Paroisse Saint Francois d'Assise, as well as some records of Folklore. Includes financial records, correspondence, membership lists and photographs.
Fonds consists of memorabilia relating to her time as a student at Queen's including programmes to Queen's Athletics Awards nights, the score to "The All-Queen's Revue" 1950 production of 'Dear Susie', and photographs of Pam Buchan as a member of the Queen's Bands, of a women's hockey team, and accepting an a athletic award; a clipping of 'Boo Hoo the Bear', the Queen's mascot; and a number of Queen's crests.
Collection consists of two volumes of advertising copy for The Victor Talking Machine Company, later RCA Victor, compiled at the company offices in Montreal, Quebec.
Fonds consists of correspondence from various close friends and acquaintances including André and Jeannette Biéler, Joe Clark, John & Olive Diefenbaker, Harriet & Eugene Forsey, Leslie Frost, Jeanette Turner Hospital, Flora MacDonald, Isabel Meighen, and Hilda Neatby.
The collection consists of drawings for a farm house on Hickory Island for J.W. Wood by Warren, Wetmore and Morgan Architects of New York, collected as part of the "Ah, Wilderness" exhibition at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.