The fonds is comprised predominantly of audio recordings, with a small amount of textual material. The recordings has been grouped along project lines linked mostly by the geography of the recording.
The fonds consists predominantly of typescripts of correspondence from William Brymner to his family, in particular his mother and father, during his travels to Paris, France, England and various other European locations. Many of the typescripts are annotated in what appears to be Brymner's hand. Of special interest are six manuscripts for public lectures or articles written by Brymner, espousing his views and thoughts on a number of topics including drawing, Impressionism, and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Also included are various other documents and items such as: Brymner's Order of St. Michael and St. George, various exhibition catalogues for the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, a diploma for Douglas Brymner from Queen's University, and an accompanying framed letter from Sir Sanford Fleming congratulating Douglas Brymner upon the conferring of said degree.
The fonds consists of photographs and negatives relating to Kingston's tercentenary celebrations and the Canadian Olympic Regatta Kingston committee in the late 1960's and 1970's.
This collection consists of 12 glass plate negatives of Wolfe Island people (ca.1890); one photo print of the Wolfe Island Band (1894); one photo print of the Woodman Family (1944).
The fonds consists of microfilmed manuscripts that deal principally with the Army, Parliament and military affairs in Scotland from 1640-1665. The fonds has been arranged into four series; letters and papers relating to the Army and Army matters in Scotland; letters and papers dealing with the Army, its relationship with Parliament and military proceedings, including the Putney, Reading and Whitehall debates; letter-books, abstracts of orders, warrants and passes and other material dealing with the Army in Scotland and General Monck as Commander-in-Chief; and miscellaneous items, including unbound documents and volumes containing papers relating closely to, though not of, William Clarke.
Fonds consists of programmes of various regattas and championships held by a number of canoe clubs under the auspices of the Canadian Canoe Association; correspondence, minutes, technical reports and bulletins, and clippings relating to the canoe events at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
The fonds predominantly consists of of James' research notes, grant applications, interviews, correspondence, articles and drafts for his book and exhibition (at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre) on Albert Chesterfield: A Fur Trader's Photographs: A. A. Chesterfield in the District of Ungava, 1901-04 (1985). There is also a draft of his book Locations of the Sacred and material pertaining to Arthur Twomey's Needle to the North, which James edited for Oberon Press in 1982. Also includes James' research for the Religious Diversity Project, documenting religious organizations in Kingston, Ontario.
The fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and material relating to his work during the Second World War as Naval correspondent for the British Broadcasting Corporation, research notes, BBC news scripts, and news clippings.The fonds also includes family material and material on Tunstall's travels after his retirement.