Rare Books & Special Collections

15-16-17th century imprints

• Bible Collection
• Buchan Collection
• Dated Collection
• Schulich-Woolf Collection

18th century imprints

• 18th Century British Political Pamphlets Collection
• Rare Books Collection
• Schulich-Woolf Collection

19th century gentleman's library

• Cartwright Collection

AE Collection: Anglo-Irish literature

• Rare Books Collection, call numbers PR8704.A3t and PR6035 .U7 and PR6035 .U8

Archives

• Queen's University Archives for manuscript resources relating to Jordan Library Special Collections

Arctic exploration literature

• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana
• for a partial listing, search Omni, keyword - "Arctic regions"
  limit search to "Lorne Pierce Collection" under "Queen's Locations"

Art and architectural history

• Art and Architectural History (especially of Kingston)

Art Collection in Stauffer Library

• Art Collection in Stauffer Library

Astronomy

• Riche-Covington Collection

Atlases, Historical county

• Ontario, Quebec + Hazelgrove indexes

Bibles

• Bible Collection
• Mitchell Gift

Biology

• Jeannie and Vero Wynne-Edwards Collection

Broadsides

• Broadsides Collection

Buchan, John

• Buchan Collection

Canadian history and politics

• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana
• Canadian Pamphlets Collection by year
• Broadsides Collection
• Macdonell Collection

CIHM

• Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (CIHM)

Canadian literature

• Broadsides Collection
• CIHM Collections
• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana
• John Glassco Collection (part of the Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana)
• Gustafson Collection
• Mazo de la Roche Collection (part of the Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana)

Cartwright, John Solomon (1804-1846)

• Cartwright Collection (a 19th century Ontario library)

Children's Literature

• Children's Literature Collection (historical to 1900)

Covington, Arthur E.

• Riche-Covington Collection (radio astronomy)

Darwinism

• Jeannie and Vero Wynne-Edwards Collection

Dated Collections

• Dated Collection (pre-1700 imprints)
• Schulich-Woolf Collection

De la Roche, Mazo (1879-1961

• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana

Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)

• Dickens Collection

Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881)

• Rare Books Collection

Early printed books

• Bible Collection
• Buchan Collection
• Dated Collection and Other Treasures

English Literature

• Buchan Collection
• Dickens Collection
• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana
• Cartwright Collection
• Macdonell Collection
• Macgillivray Collection
• Schulich-Woolf Collection

Evolution

• Jeannie and Vero Wynne-Edwards Collection

Finding aids

• Finding Aids for Special Collections

France and politics in the 18th and early 19th centurt

• 18th Century British Political Pamphlets Collection

French literature

• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana

Genealogy

• Genealogy Resources at Queen's University (especially Ontario, Kingston and Quebec sources)

Gibbon, Monk

• British and Anglo-Irish Literature
• PR8704A and PR6035 .U7 and PR6035 .U8

Glassco, John (1909-1981)

• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana

Great Britain and politics in the 18th and early 19th century

• 18th Century Bristih Political Pamphlets Collection
• Rare Books Collection

Gustafson, Ralph (1909-1995)

• Gustafson Collection

Heraldry, Scottish

• Macgillivray Collection

Incunabula

• Dated Collection

Irish literature

• British and Anglo-Irish Literature Collections

Jeannie and Vero Wynne-Edwards

• Jeannie and Vero Wynne-Edwards Book Collection

Kingston

• Art and Architecture
• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana
• Fire Insurance Plans

Lorne Pierce

• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana

Macdonell, Bishop John Alexander (1762-1840)

• Macdonell Collection

Macgillivray, Thomas Dow

• Macgillivray Collection

Maps

• Historical Collection, North America, 17th century to 19th century

Mazo de la Roche (1879-1961)

• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana
• ask at Jordan Library Service Desk for collection checklist

McNicol, Donald Monroe (1875-1953)

• McNicol Collection

Mitchell, James

• Mitchell Gift

Music

• Early Canadian sheet music
  ask at Jordan Library Service Desk for collection checklist
• Music Library

Native Americans

• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana

Natural history

• Jeannie and Vero Wynne-Edwards Collection

North America discovery and exploration

• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana

Oberon Press Collection

• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana

Ornithology

• Jeannie and Vero Wynne-Edwards Collection

Pamphlets

• 18th Century British Political Pamphlets Collection

Pierce, Lorne (1890-1961)

• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana

Posters

• Broadsides Collection

Publications

• W.D. Jordan Library Publications

Queen's College Library and the 1856 book catalogue

• Mitchell Gift
• ask at Jordan Library Service Desk for collection checklist

Radio astronomy

• Riche-Covington Collection

Rare books

• Dated Collection
• Rare Books Collection
• Schulich-Woolf Collection

Riche, Arthur L.

• Riche-Covington Collection

Ryerson Press Collection

• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana

School text-books

• Ontario historical
  ask at Jordan Library Service Desk for collection checklist

Scott, F.R. (1899-1985)

• F. R. Scott Collection of poetry and small literary press publications
  ask at Jordan Library Service Desk for collection checklist

Scottish clans and history

• Buchan Collection
• Macgillivray Collection

Telegraphy and Telephone

• McNicol Collection

Theology

• Bible Collection
• Macdonell Collection
• 18th Century British Political Pamphlets Collection

Theosophy

• Alexander Watt Collection, part of the Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana

Travel literature

• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana

Uncatalogued

• Uncatalogued collections and checklists

Watt, Alexander (1890-1961)

• Edith and Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana

Wynne-Edwards, Vero (1906-1997)

• Jeannie and Vero Wynne-Edwards Book Collection