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In 1910 the Faculty of Applied Science of Queen's University formed the Militia Unit of the 5th Field Company Canadian Engineers, with something over ninety percent of the students in the Faculty as members of the company. The officers were Macphail, Malcolm, Ellis along with a number of students, including Edward Baker (later Colonel Baker of Canadian National Institute of the Blind).
The members of the company trained every Thursday at the Kingston Armouries undertaking engineer drill and spent two weeks in the spring at Barriefiel Military Camp.
On declaration of war in 1914 the Fifth Field Company was given the task of turning previously unimproved ground at Valcartier, Quebec, into a camp capable of mobilizing 30,000 men. In all 170 Queen’s men worked at Valcartier on a variety of jobs that included road repair, surveys for tent sites, and installation of a water supply system.
When other Companies of Engineers arrived at Valcartier, the Fifth was split into overseas and home sections. Fifty members of the Queen’s Company signed up to be sent abroad with the First Canadian Contingent for service with No. 2 Company of Engineers. The home service of the Fifth Field Company remained at Valcartier until October 1914, at which point members returned to Kingston and began recruiting for the second overseas contingent. Many of these returning members formed half of the 6th Company Engineers. Along with others from Ottawa and Montreal, the Kingston recruits made up the nucleus of the three field corps of engineers that formed the 2nd Canadian Expeditionary Force. All of the men trained in Ottawa before being sent overseas in the spring of 1915.
All of the Queen’s men serving in this Company maintained an awareness of their university affiliation throughout the period in their active enlistment. Although the special cohesion and camaraderie evident during the early days in training camp was gradually changed by the experiences of war into more of a general company spirit, there remained a strong bond between the original Kingston members of the Company.

Kingston Summer Theatre (KST) was a non-profit theatre company created in 1979 as a response to the lack of theatre groups in Kingston during the summer season. Each summer KST presented a season to the public consisting of three to four shows. They enjoyed great success during early years as the only group to present a summer season. The theatre group was run through a combination of paid staff and volunteers and supported by corporate and private sponsors, the Canadian government, fundraising efforts and ticket sales. KST was operated under the leadership of a salaried executive director and production manager with the support of seasonal paid staff and the Board of Directors.

KST embraced their role as a successful theatre company within the Kingston community. They accepted scripts from community members and encouraged the Kingston and Queen’s community to become involved in the summer productions. Many students from the Queen’s School of Drama and Music were employed by KST.

After ten years of successful productions, KST could no longer continue due to previously accumulated debts and increasing competition. During the 1988 summer season the Grand Theatre, where KST had been presenting shows for ten years, decided to split the theatre rental between KST and a new company, Silver Lining Productions. At this time it was not financially viable for KST to present half of a season. KST put a hold on their productions, but was unable to recover and disbanded.

Robert J. Fleming was born 5 April 1925 in London, England, to a Canadian father and an American Mother. He was educated at Jarvis Collegiate, Appleby College and Lakefield College before studying photography under the British photographer Richard Haile in Washington, DC. From 1946 to 1964 Fleming worked as a photojournalist for Swiss and British agencies, travelling widely. He became a program officer with international Moral Re-Armament and worked in the production of magazines and the management of conferences.
He founded PACE Magazine (initially known as DARE), in Los Angeles with Stewart V. Lancaster, in 1964. It was a large-format picture magazine, similar to Life and Look, but with a focus on 18-34 year olds in America. An educational foundation, Pace Programs, Inc. was established in 1966. PACE ceased publication in 1970 after 62 issues and having reached a circulation of about 500,000 copies world-wide, due to rising expense of circulation and declining advertizing revenue. John M. Hallward, publisher of PACE, would later become an associate in Fleming’s firm.
Fleming returned to Canada in 1970 and founds the consulting firm – Robert J. Fleming & Associates, International Communicators, 1970-1974 [see background info in Assorted Fleming Projects file]; Among other projects he serves as communications advisor to the Mid-Atlantic Development Foundation and undertakes a re-organizational study of CMHC (this study’s report led to the creation of the Ministry of Urban Affairs).
He served as Executive Secretary of the Royal Commission on Book Publishing (1971) then the Ontario Commission on the Legislature (The Camp Commission, 1972) before becoming Principal Secretary (designate) for Robert L. Stanfield and member of the Transfer of Power Committee in 1974.
On 20 December 1974 (announced by Speaker 5 September 1974), Fleming becomes Director of Administration of Legislative Assembly at Queen’s Park, a position that was a recommendation of the Camp Commission and an out-growth of his work as Executive Secretary of the Commission. He was formally appointed by an Order in Council 1 Jan. 1975 and served in this position until 30 June 1987. While Director of Administration, he was the Co-Coordinator of The Canada-USA Legislative Project (1979-1988) and, in 1979, was founder and editor of the annual comparative study Canadian Legislatures (later known as Fleming’s Canadian Legislatures, 1979 to 1997).
Fleming worked with the Transition Committee for Joe Clark gov’t (1980) He founded youth Employment Skills Canada (YES Canada) in 1987, a national training program for high school drop-outs and founded Robert Fleming International Research (1988) [see background info in TRALAC file].
In 1998 he was a founding governor of the Toronto-based Canadian Journalism Foundation. He is a former Chairman of the Churchill Society for Parliamentary Democracy.

Born on October 29, 1921 in Perth, Ontario, Emma Campbell was the daughter of James and Jenny Acheson, and sister of Annie (Acheson) Fournier. Emma Campbell graduated as a registered nurse in 1943 from the Brockville General Hospital and spent much of her career as an operating room nurse. She passed away July 28, 2011.

Born on October 29, 1921 in Perth, Ontario, Emma Campbell was the daughter of James and Jenny Acheson, and sister of Annie (Acheson) Fournier. Emma Campbell graduated as a registered nurse in 1943 from the Brockville General Hospital and spent much of her career as an operating room nurse. She passed away July 28, 2011.

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Arthur Zimmerman served as Program Director and as a broadcaster at CFRC Radio at Queen's University. He is the author of "In the Shadow of the Shield: The Development of Wireless Telegraphy and Radio Broadcasting in Kingston and at Queen's University, 1902-1957."

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