Collection consists of four guest registers (1851-1869) for the Kent and British American Hotels, located in Kingston, Ontario. The registers contain the signatures of a variety of visitors to Kingston including visiting artists, performers and politicians. The proprietors also make note in the pages the times and frequencies of steamboat traffic likely in order to aid their guests in planning their transportation needs.The collection also includes legal documents, donated at a later date, concerning the ownership of the building lots (67 and 88) and a number of financial interests in the hotel.
Fonds consists of congratulatory letters regarding Ballard's appointment as President of the National Research Council (NRC), three sound recordings of the touch-sensitive organ from the electronic music laboratories of the NRC, various honours and awards as well as some miscellaneous publications from Westinghouse Electric.
Fonds consists of slides and audio relating to the Kingston area. Also includes a report on an investigation into housing in Kingston in the late 19th century, produced through a SSHRC grant (The Housing Question in Kingston, Ontario, 1881-1901).
The fonds consists of correspondence, subject files, manuscripts, prints and photographs related to Dr. D'Argaville's research interests, notably on Preti.
Two volumes of journals recording the passage of vessels up and down the Rideau canal, and the pointing, painting, and repairing of locks. Includes visitors, and copies of a few letters and the statement of dues.
This fonds consists of correspondence, on personal, literary, artistic and particularly theatre matters. Material also contains a couple of pieces of art work by Grant Macdonald.