Collection Highlights
W.D. Jordan Rare Books & Special Collections
Rare and Historical Map Collection
Special Collections has a large map collection. Our rare and historical maps include Kingston, Canada, North America and the world.
W.D. Jordan Rare Books & Special Collections
Alexander Watt Collection
The Watt Collection consists of books about theosophy, occult, and related topics. This material was originally collected by Alexander Watt.
W.D. Jordan Rare Books & Special Collections
Author Collections
The personal and working collections of several prolific authors.
W.D. Jordan Rare Books & Special Collections
Queen's College Library
Queen's College Library reflects the original holdings of Queen's University Library based on the 1853 checklist.
W.D. Jordan Rare Books & Special Collections
F.R. Scott Canadian Poetry Magazine Collection
The collection was purchased in 1969 and includes over 200 "little magazines".
W.D. Jordan Rare Books & Special Collections
Cartwright Collection
The Cartwright Collection is an example of a typical 19th century gentleman's library. The content relates to history, politics, literature, law, philosophy, religion.
W.D. Jordan Rare Books & Special Collections
Canadian School Textbooks
A collection of 19th century Ontario textbooks.
W.D. Jordan Rare Books & Special Collections
Children's Literature Collection
More than 2,000 volumes of children's books from predominantly the 19th century.
W.D. Jordan Rare Books & Special Collections
Ephemeral Collection
Other non-book publications, objects, and furniture held in Special Collections.