The fonds consists of family correspondence, subject files relating to the Kingston Conference of Artists, 1941, the Federation of Canadian Artists, 1941-1951, a family history by Dr. Biéler's father and mother, diaries covering the period 1860-1980, newspaper clippings, exhibition notices, a sketch book by his mother Blanche Biéler (ca. 1884-1886) and a copy of 'Nos Origines' written by André Biéler's parents; interviews, captured on video featuring André Biéler speaking with Peter Harcourt and Tom Evans.
The fonds consists of letters to John and Alexander Anderson, merchants interested primarily in West Africa. Press clippings concerning Captain William Anderson of the artillery in the Afghan war, 1840.
Item is a bill outlining "An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act therein mentioned, and to provide for taking a periodical Census of the Inhabitants of this Province, and for obtaining the other statistical information therein mentioned."
The collection consists of thirty-five letters, thirty-three of which are addressed to H.W. Ryland, member of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, one to a Lieutenant-Colonel Ready, Amyot's deputy at Quebec at the time, and one to the Reverend William Ryland, curate of Sandridge, England, the son of H. W. Ryland. The letters concern chiefly private business matters and Amyot's relation to Lower Canada when he was its absentee secretary, the receipt of his pension when his secretaryship was commuted in 1828, and his activities with the British government on Ryland's behalf.
The fonds consists of correspondence concerning Mrs. Huggard's work and interest in North American Indigenous and Inuit peoples, articles, press clippings and photographs.
Collection consists of 23 home movies taken of various Amos family activities. Outdoor activities such as skiing, horseback riding, picnic are depicted. There are also a number of films that have to do with mines and mining in the Cobalt area of northern Ontario.