Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts and subject files relating to the history of prisons in Ontario, the parole Board of Ontario, Kingston penitentiary and the care of the mentally ill.
The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files relating to MacLachlan's role as secretary to Norman Rogers and as a member of the Queen's University Board of Trustees. Of particular note is a wooden bound volume titled "A Potpourri of Sidelights and Shadows from Turkey." This collection of sketches was printed for private circulation only. Rev. Alexander Grant MacLachlan Sr. (Queen's 1884) attended Union Theological Seminary, New York City,and was appointed a teaching missionary eventually becoming President of the International College at Smyrna. These memoirs show the outreach of American missionary activity and political and military developments in Asia Minor from his forty years in the educational missionary service in Turkey including during the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922).
The fonds consists of letterbooks and financial records pertaining to the McLaughlin Carriage Works in Oshawa. The letterbooks and financial records offer a very full picture of the commercial activities of the McLaughlin carriage business, the forerunner of the McLaughlin automobile enterprises. Also included are a collection book and a general ledger.
Fonds consists of correspondence, reports, proceedings, brochures, pamphlets, and news clippings. The material documents the movement for the proposed Quinte Parkway, which ultimately became the Loyalist Parkway.
Fonds consists of photographs of two medals awarded to Robert Kerr Paterson, as captain of the 1904 Queen's University Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union Championship Team; head and shoulders photograph of R.K. Paterson wearing the Tricolor sweater.
Fonds consists of minute books (1886-1920) and a ledger (1886-1905) for the Kingston Branch; and minutes , correspondence, subject files, and financial records relating to the ITU Pension Plan in Canada.
