Fonds F2727 - Sir Sandford Fleming collection

The custodial history of this material is unknown. What can be ascertained however is that each item in this collection bears a stamp that says Sir Sandford Fleming. The album was found in a box of the Drummond papers (also held here at QUA) without being described or listed in the finding aid for that collection. The individual photographs were found in the Shortt Hayden collection which was an image collection created and compiled by the Library at the beginning of the 20th century at Queen's University. It has been proposed that the photographic album was originally compiled by Lily Smith (née Hall), who is Sir Sandford Fleming’s sister-in-law. The photographs addressing “Lily” points to either Fleming’s daughter or sister-in-law, but it was the photograph addressed to “A. Smith” that suggests Lily Smith, who married an Alexander Smith. As well, the set of portraits of the Higginson children (7R-2, 8V-3, 8V-4, 8R-1, 8R-2) makes more sense in the possession of their aunt rather than their cousin. There are a few items in the Sir Sandford Fleming fonds which bear a stamp, but those are marked "From the Library of Sir Sandford Fleming" so whether there is any corelation is unknown.