Collection consists of the minute book of the Class of Arts 1896 (1892-1896) including a transcript of the minutes. In addtion, there is correspondence and reports, including a history of the Class of Arts 1896. The original minute book, along with the correspondence and reports, was found in a wooden box that was specifically made to house the minutes. The wooden box is included in this collection.
Item is a typescript from the Court of Probate, Province of Canada, Exemplication of probate of the last will and testament of James McKenzie, late of the City of Kingston, in the County of Frontenac, Master in the Royal Navy, 1851.
Item is an album containing three recordings. Side 1 contains "Make Believe" performed by Annabelle Innes and "Until" performed by Sydney Callum; Side 2 contains the "Stephen Foster Medley" performed by Angrove Singers with Lenore Black at the piano.
Fonds consists of short film clips that were likely used as visuals for stories on CKWS news programming. They vary in terms of subject matter from human interest to infrastructure to city politics but are all local in nature.
The fonds consists of official plan amendments #2-101 (1953-1979), and new series #1-18 (1979-1982), as well as photographs taken by City of Kingston Planning Department staff in the course of their work.
The records start with the proceedings of the first town council in 1838 and are continually being acquired. Many of the early minute books are indexed. In addition there are separate volumes for committee reports between 1842 and 1898, and for bylaws between 1838 and 1907. The minute books and correspondence of the Finance and Accounts Committee are of interest. The story of the Fire Department between 1888 and 1936 is to be found in the records of the Committee on Fire and Light. There are scattered records for the Parks and Property Committees, fairly detailed records for the Board of Works between 1891 and 1936 and for the Board of Health around the same time. The correspondence of the City Clerk is complete from 1898 to 1938 and there are letter books from 1952 on as well as scattered letter books from 1852 to 1896. The records of the City Treasurer comprise an extensive collection of account books as do the records of the City Engineer.
Fonds consists of records collected and created by the group Citizens for Responsible Development. Includes reference material to other development projects in other city centres, agendas, minutes of meetings, various studies pertaining to the Block D area in Kingston, historical material pertaining to Block D uses and proposed uses, presentations, advertising and correspondence to, and from, the group.
Fonds consists of a programme and poster relating to the exhibition entitled, "A Master in Our Midst: Grant Macdonald's Kingston Portraits", held at the Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston; a DVD, entitled "A Master in Our Midst: Grant Macdonald", produced to accompany the exhibit.