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The Daniel George W. MacMartin Collection consists of the personal diary of its namesake, related transcriptions, and ancillary materials held at the Queen’s University Archives. Daniel George W. MacMartin (also McMartin; 1844-1923) was a mining engineer from Perth, Ontario, though he is arguably best...

Books in this collection pre-date 1700. The earliest book is an edition of Juvenal's Saturae (1475). The subject matter is distributed amongst three broad areas: Latin literature, history, and philosophy.

The special collection of works by Charles Dickens began at Queen's with the acquisition of the library of Walter Millen of Ottawa, whose sister, Charlotte Millen, sold the collection to the University in 1968 after her brother's death. At the time, Dr. Charles Pullen of Queen's Department of English...

John Alexander Edmison, Q.C., was an appointed Member of the first Parole Board of Canada in 1959. Previously, he had been Assistant to the Principal of Queen’s University. Mr. Edmison practiced law in Montreal until his enlistment with the Black Watch, Royal Highland Regiment of Canada, in 1940. In...

Special Collections is home to many ephemeral objects. A quick glance around our department and you will notice the many Classical busts that top our shelves. We also retain other objects and furniture from prominent Canadian figures such as Sir Sanford Fleming's medals and Sir John A. MacDonald's...