The collection consists of photographs depicting buildings, street scenes, events, prominent persons, monuments, and transportation in Kingston.

View of the mill.

Photograph captioned "Plant/of/Kingston Shipbuilding Company Ltd." View includes ships in drydock, ships being built and the Yacht Club and Water Works building in the background.

The fonds consists of photographs by staff and freelance photographers, correspondence, employee paybooks (1926-1933), news clippings and subject files (ca. 1955-1975) and an interview, conducted by staff reporter Murray Hogben, with James Alexander Corry, former Principal of Queen's University at Kingston (1980). Also includes souvenir edition of the Whig in honour of Queen's University's second century (October 16, 1964).

Two views of workers at the machines inside the factory.

'Plan of the Town of Kingston showing the Military reservation' signed by W. Chewett and Thos. Ridout. Manuscript with watercolour key. Scale is 1" to 200 feet.

'Fortifications at Kingston' by J.B. Duberger, approved by G. Nicolls. Scale 1" = 600'. Manuscript with colour highlights.

Kingston, 1820 (only part of the original map). Plan surveyed and drawn by Lieut. Edward Smith of the 70th Infantry. Copied by C. Pettigrew. Scale of original is 1" = 1/2 mile. Streets and houses are only roughly blocked out but he has paid particular attention to the fortifications, showing the blockhouses and picketting on the highground behind the town and the commanding heights of Point Henry.

Kingston, 1824 (part of original map only). 'Plan of Kingston site proposed for constructing a bridge between that place and Fort Henry'. Signed by E.Dunford. Scale is 1" = 400'. Map shows Point Frederick, Navy Bay and Point Henry.

Map of Kingston by Thomas Burrowes and Samuel O. Tazewell. Original was a lithograph. Scale is 1"=297'