The collection consists of pictures taken by an unknown photographer, or photographers, in Kingston and the surrounding area, around the turn of the twentieth century. The photos show local landmarks such as Kingston City Hall, Kingston homes, Kingston Mills, Martello Towers and Jones Falls. Also included are photographs of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, men, horses and guns. Steam vessels such as the Rideau Queen, the Toronto and even pleasure sail boats, ice boats and quite a number of pictures of canoes and canoeists are included along with pictures taken at or near the Kingston Yacht Club. There are many pictures of as yet unidentified individuals in various poses including family scenes, picnics and fishermen. Another sizable lot of pictures were taken away from Kingston at various sites that have yet to be identified. One series were shot in what looks like a summer resort area and several others are of cities or a city yet to be identified.
Fonds consists of correspondence, journals, speeches, lecture and research notes, publications; subject file relating to the Defence Research Board and Privy Council of Canada; reports, material relating to the Radioactive Waste Disposal Research Project; background material, submissions, reports relating to various Royal Commissions including the Royal Commission on Matters of Health and Safety Rising from the Use of Asbestos in Ontario, and the Ontario Commission on Truck Safety.
Collection consists of a visual record of theatre promoter, "Roxy and His Gang's" visit to Ontario. Includes photographs from New York, Toronto, Kawartha Lakes, Lake of Bays, Algonquin Park, Thousand Islands, Temagami, Nipigon, and Northern Ontario.
