The collection is comprised of letters written to Howard and Daisy Gerring by Alan and Ruth Collier during their summer sketching trips from 1956 to 1987. The letters are very detailed and were often created in a diary-type format with each letter containing daily accounts of the Colliers' travels. The letters reference people met on the journey, issues pertaining to the maintence of the their vehicle, and events that happened along the way. The material was arranged chronologically in binders by the Gerrings.
Fonds consists of records detailing involvement with the Federation Egalitarion Communities and the legal demise of Dandelion, as well as a run of Communities magazine.
Diary of a young woman touring the Thousand Islands for the month of August 1883 starting in Hartford, Connecticut on August 1st, 1883 and ending in Montreal on September 1st, 1883. The author spends much of the diary remarking on the beauty of the scenery, the quality of the food and variations in the weather. She recounts day excursions on both American and Canadian islands and towns and mentions Clayton, Alexandria Bay, Gananoque, Brown's Bay, Hay's Island, Whitney Point, Guernsey Point, and Stave, Bluff and Skinner islands. She is traveling with the Redfield family (Mr. and Mrs. Redfield and their children George and Henry) and the "Professor". They encounter a Dr. Norris who is known to the family. When they arrive in Montreal they stay at the Windsor Hotel, which is greatly admired.
There is an additional three page entry at the end of the diary describing a trip to the White Mountains in New Hampshire in September of 1885.
Item is a plaque titled "Sir Charles Tupper Bart," puchased from the Joint Exhibition of the Royal Canadian Academy and of The Ontario Society of Artists (Toronto).
Fonds consists of items belonging to John Howard Box, Meds 1915. This includes 1 gold ring: CIAU Hockey Championship 1914; 1 hockey puck from Queen's hockey game in Boston 1911; 1 tam with curling pins attached and 1 WWI diary kept by John Howard Box while serving on the front [1915-1916].
Fonds consists of records of the operations of the Pittsburgh Historical Society, including minutes, correspondence, project files and other material. Also includes collected items related to the history of Pittsburgh Township, including subject files, and original photos of buildings and individuals.
Fonds consists of records relating to the development of Block D by Kingston 2000, arranged as exhibits for use in a court case against the City of Kingston and other parties. Includes a binder and diskettes of the narrative of the failed development, as well as news clippings and Council meeting videos related to Block D.
