The fonds consists of the personal records of the Kingston-based journalist and author Robert A. O'Brien (1915-2000). It contains his published and unpublished writings in various genres including journalism, criticism, scholarly work, fiction. In addition to his reviews, articles, and stories - and the notes and other research he compiled in the writing of these works - the fonds also includes speeches and radio scripts which he wrote. In addition to his writings, the fonds contains records of his personal life, including documents relating to his family life and finances, his service in the Canadian Army (1941-1953), and his post-secondary education. This fonds contains the following series: Personal documents (1878-1998), L.H. Irving correspondence and other material (1885-1951), Notebooks (1952-1997), Army (1930-1960), University records (1934-1956), Thesis - Literary Dandyism (1952-1971), Writing and research (1939-1994), and Radio (1974-1980).
The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, financial records, registers, annual reports and a record book. The record book contains the names of children admitted, arranged alphabetically, and information including date of admittance, age, date of leaving, and sometimes where they went.
The fonds consists of correspondence, memoranda and files related to his career with the Canadian Army. The material for the war years is voluminous, covering administration, intelligence summaries, operations, and war diaries. The material relating to the Imperial Defence College is fairly complete and the material on the Defence of Canada, intended for a book on the topic, is also of interest.
Fonds consists of course material and lecture notes for the courses Dr. Daub taught at Queen's; research files and drafts of "Gael Force" and "Getting Down to Business"; other writings both scholastic and personal including his diaries from 1964-1990; and the forecasting data sets Daub used for his research.
The fonds consists of correspondence; reports, studies, and proposals; manuscripts; working files; recorded interviews with individuals, organizations; and government authorities at all levels, military and civil defence officials; photographs; videos; clippings; maps; publications; microfilm of clippings from regional newspapers; and posters relating to a study undertaken at Queen's University at Kingston to document this natural disaster and the on-going response to it.
Fonds consists of correspondence; subject files; articles, book and exhibition reviews; lecture notes; conferences, symposia, and colloquia attended, persented at, or put on; exhibitions mounted; research files relating to Van Gogh and Paul Gogin; transperiencies; and electronic records.
The fonds consists of research and archaeological reports relating to contracts secured by CARF (mainly in the Kingston area) as well as operational and administrative records.
