Fonds F2259 - McClelland family fonds

Fonds consists of albums containing photographs of Jack McClelland, his wife and children; extended family members and groups; Kingston and area; Queen's University at Kingston; the fire at Kingston Hall, Queen's University; Royal Military College, Kingston; the German cannon in Frontenac Park; the 'Waubic' belonging to the Rockport Navigation Company and operating out of Cape Vincent, New York; the Rideau Canal; Collins Bay; Hillcrest; the Thousand Islands; Murney Tower; the (WCTU) Lion in Richardson Park, Kingston; Sir John A. Macdonald statue in City Park, Kingston; Frontenac County Court House Fountain; Barrie Collegiate; and a trip to Europe (1924). Includes pictures on board the S.S. Marburn, Belfast, Burn's Cottage, Windermere, Ayr, Alloway, Glasgow, Oxford, London, Salisbury, English Lake District, Stonehenge, Edinburgh, The Trossachs, Stirling, Roslin, Abbotsford, Drysburgh Abbey, Melrose Abbey, Stratford-on-Avon, Southhampton, Versailles, Lille, Brussels, Geneva, and Paris. Of particular note is a photograph of Ignacy Jan Paderewski leaving the League of Nations in Geneva. Also included are old engineering plans, maps and surveys that were collected/acquired by Jack McClelland who was City Engineer for the City of Kingston. The maps, plans and surveys date from the 1824 to 1896 and include: Map of the City of Kingston, Canada West (1865) by John Innes, City Engineer; Map of the City of Kingston (n.d.), C. R. A. Allen, Surveyor; maps and schedules relating to Lots 4 & 5, Concession 9, Storrington (1889), by Charles Booth, Engineer for Storrington; sketch of Queen Street School (April 15, 1865), by Nash, P. L. Surveyor; plan of Alice and Alfred Streets (1861, certified May 10, 1888) by Charles Booth, P. L. Surveyor; Map of Street Watering District to Accompany Bylaw No. __ passed May 1885, W. Irving, City Engineer; Map of Artillery Parke (n.d.); Plan of Proposed Extension of Ellice Street, Bolger, P.L.S., City Engineer; sketch of the Survey of Lot No. 6 and No. 7 in Stuartville (1824, 1828, 1884), William Kilbourn; Plan & Reference relating to George O'Kill Stuart's Farm Lot 24 and Lot 25 and partial Lot 1 belonging to the estate of the late Captain Murney; plan of the Murney Lot No. 25 (1838), William Kilbourn P.L.S.; four items relating to Charles McHales Property, Block W, Farm Lot 25, 1st Concession, Township of Kingston; plan of Block W (June 23, 1840) William H. Kilbourn, Deputy P. Surveyor; plan of Front and West Street (March 24, 1842), William Kilbourn; plan of Union, Gordon and Alice Streets (1861, 1862, 1869); plan of 'Normal School Ground', Union, Earl, Frontenac and Alfred Streets, (June 7, 1883), J. W. Nash, P.L.S.; descriptions of Surveys (1835-1862); and notes and calculations relating to surveys.