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This historical collection contains primarily of secondary source information pertaining to a number of subject areas including churches, industries, institutions, historical events and celebrations. Includes research files, subject files, publications, clippings and ephemera. There is some original material within the collection; of particular note is a polling book for the election between John A. Macdonald and Mowat when they ran against each other for a legislature seat in Kingston in 1861; a boat-building contract (in french) from 1808; specifications for the Richardson Bath House (1918), and material pertaining to visits, royal and otherwise, to the City over the years.

This collection is comprised of medals gathered from a number of various sources (many unknown). A number of the medals are those which were awarded by Queen's University for proficiency and/or excellence in a given area (Classics, Surgery, History, etc.). Many of these medals were made by Wyon of London.

The collection includes all printed records of the university, including statutes, statistics, academic calendars, reports, publicity material, football programmes, history, convocation and honorary degrees, and examinations; as well as publications by affiliated organizations, including student groups, clubs and associations. Includes the Queen's Journal, Queen's Gazette, Queen's Alumni Review, Tricolour (yearbook) and many other periodicals, newspapers and publications.

Fonds consists of correspondence; administration files; annual reports; reproductions, in 35 mm format of existing photographs held in the Archives, that depict various aspects of University life that were assembled for a formal presentation by the School of Business for the 1993 Orientation Weekend; photographs of the official opening of Queen's University Archives, in the newly renovated Kathleen Ryan Hall, located on the eastern side of the University campus (14 May 1982); of the Fourth Annual Queen's University Archives Lecture, featuring Dr. Donald Swainson as the guest speaker (25 April 1986); of the Sixteenth Annual Queen's University Archives Lecture, featuring Dr. Ian E. Wilson, as the guest speaker (22 April 1989); of the Seventeenth Annual Queen's University Archives Lecture, featuring Dr. A.B. McKillop, as the guest speaker (22 April 1999); of the retirement party for Ms. Mary Day (July 1985); of the ceremony marking the dedication of the Frederick Wellington Gibson Reading Room, Queen's University Archives (March 1993); of the retirement party and dinner held for Mrs. Anne MacDermaid (199?); of the visit to Queen's University Archives by Patrick Watson (1997); of the retirement party for Mr. George Henderson (8 March 2001); of the ceremony establishing the H. Carl Goldenberg Scholarship (November 2003) and of the staff of Queen's University Archives (1995); and sound recordings of the Annual Archives Lectures, along with research and scripts for some of the Lectures (in particular, the 2005 Social History Trolley Tours). Also includes the video production. "The Archival Trail."