Primary contact
Kathleen Ryan Hall
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
CA K7L 3N6
Identity area
Identifier
ON-KINGSTON
Authorized form of name
City of Kingston Archives
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
Type
- Municipal
Contact area
Ken Hernden
Primary contact
Type
University Archivist
Address
Street address
Kathleen Ryan Hall
Queen's University
Locality
Kingston
Region
Ontario
Country name
Canada
Postal code
K7L 3N6
Telephone
613-533-2378
Fax
613-533-6403
Note
Blair Johnson
Type
Corporate Records & Information Officer
Address
Street address
Locality
Region
Country name
Postal code
Telephone
613-546-4291 ext. 1316
Fax
613-546-5232
URL
Note
Description area
History
The City of Kingston Archives is a separate archives housed in the Queen’s University Archives Building, Kathleen Ryan Hall. This Archive contains some 200 meters of records beginning in 1838 and continuing to 1998. Together, the records offer researchers a rich and varied source of information about the municipality and its surrounding area. The archives includes City Council minutes, agenda and by-laws; correspondence; petitions to council; administrative and financial records; engineering reports; census records; city planning records, maps; and some photographs.
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25
Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.56
Administrative structure
Records management and collecting policies
A By-Law to Adopt the Recorded Information Policy and Records Retention Schedule for the City of Kingston, No. 2008-182 (passed 21 Oct. 2008), https://www.cityofkingston.ca/documents/10180/16904/Records+Bylaw (Accessed 29 Mar. 2016).
Buildings
Holdings
Finding aids, guides and publications
MacDermaid, Anne. A Guide to the Holdings of the Archives of the City of Kingston. Kingston: City of Kingston, 1979.
Access area
Opening times
Monday to Friday - 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Closed on holidays