Photomechanical reproduction of an engraving of 'Fort Henry and Cedar Island, Kingston,Upper Canada'.

View of Kensington Avenue

Various views of Kensington Avenue after it was paved with Imperial paving asphalt.

The collection consists of both Leal's own photographs and those he collected. There is a large number of portrait photographs which are arranged by surname but are undated. There are also a number of personal photographs which are listed by date (1937-1953) and topic and include such subject matter as the royal visit of King George to Kingston in 1939, some World War II activities, social events of the Canadian Locomotive company as well as collected photographs of air races, 1928-1930. There are also a number of commercial business photographs.

Portrait photo of Ken Brown.

Photo of the painting by Kelly of 'The Opening of the First Parliament of Upper Canada,(Ontario) by Col. John Graves Simcoe, at Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake), 1792"

This fonds consists of photographs taken during Kathleen Brookins time as a student at Queen's University at Kingston, and a photo album of the Gillan family.

Photo of an oil portrait on canvas by an unknown artist.

This collection consists of a number of pictures of the Whig-Standard Building decorated for the Royal visits of of 1939 and 1959, VE day and Coronation Day. There are also pictures of local sites: the Market Battery; Princess Street; Kingston harbour; the Eastern Ontario Air Meet of 1930; and the covered bridge on Highway 2, crossing the Napanee River into Napanee.

The fonds consists of correspondence, notebooks, research papers and reprints of articles by friends and colleagues. Of particular note is correspondence with Sir Ernest Rutherford, 1908-1937. Also included are Gray's stamp collection and a ledger kept by W.M. Herchmer and John R. Forsyth for the estate of Major Alexander Forbes, army officer, Kingston, Ontario. April 1851-1852, and notes on Forbes' military career made by Professor J.D. Forbes, that was acquired and retained by Gray.