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This fonds consists of papers regarding Professor Annett's Ph.D. dissertation, and includes data and post-dissertation data. Also included are closed records relating to Science 101a and 101b at Trent University.

This fonds consists of photocopies of the Ernest Thompson Seton papers from the American Museum of Natural History, New York, and the Seton Museum, New Mexico. Also included are photocopies of articles about Seton and research notes for Professor John Wadland's thesis "Ernest Thompson Seton: Man in Nature and the Progressive Era, 1880-1915." Also contained within the fonds are original records and brochures, photographs, and slides.

Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by the Trent University Archives. See box listing for more details.

Fonds consists of correspondence, reserach notes and manuscripts created by Professor Denis Smith during his career as a university professor, political science commentator and author. Materials in this fonds relate to Gentle Patriot (biography of Walter Gordon); Diplomacy of Fear (Canadian/American relations during the period of the cold war). Also included are materials generated by Smith as editor of the Canadian Forum and the Journal of Canadian Studies.

Fonds consists of material relating to the administration and programming of the INSTRUCT Programme. Files includes reports, journal articles, event flyers, pamphlets, correspondence, newsletters, budget reports, research material, and other documentation detailing the Programme in both English and Spanish. Photographs and slides include images of meetings, travel, seminars and work done with local communities in Ecuador and Mexico and at Trent University. VHS tapes includes a recording of the “Questioning” Conference panel, the conservation of the Imbkucha and Lago san Pablo watershed, and on the festival of Inti Raymi. CD-ROMs include photos of an INSTRUCT workshop on women and environment and another on local traditions.

This fonds consists of correspondence, sketches and class lecture notes of Erik Loder. Loder's theories of art are discernible in his jottings and notes. Also included are numerous art catalogues and exhibition notes; slides of Loder art works; sketches, drawings and paintings; personal cards and letters sent at the time of Loder's death in 1993; art auction and sale lists.

Collection consists of files on Trent faculty, staff, students, and board members. Files consist of news clippings and other published material on individuals' accomplishments, research, and lives. In some instances, the person's affiliation or significance was included in the original file title and has remained here.

Fonds consists of records documenting the activities of Alumni Engagement and Services and its predecessors, including efforts to engage with Trent alumni in collaboration with alumni chapters and the Trent University Alumni Association (TUAA). Records include annual reports, planning documents, alumni council meeting minutes, correspondence,, Trent Magazine drafts and articles, and updates from alumni. Also included are records documenting events and engagement initiatives, including reunion weekends at Head of the Trent, chapter events, talks, dinners, the Alumni letter writing campaign, fundraising campaigns, and award ceremonies. Also included is promotional material from these events; photographs, video, and sound recordings of events and talks; and memorabilia created and collected by alumni. Fonds also includes the planning documents for some of the events with corresponding promotional material. Fonds is arranged into 10 series: Alumni affairs and university planning; Trent University Alumni Association (TUAA); Trent University Alumni Association chapters; Fundraising; Events and communications; News and publications; Insurance; Student alumni association; Memorabilia; and Trent University’s 50th anniversary.

Booklet consists of an introduction to the art collection donated to Trent University by Dr. Jack Goodman and Elaine Goodman. An overview of the artworks located in the Wilson Reading Room at Traill College is included, as are biographies for the artists included in the collection.

This fonds consists of 4 boxes of materials related to the life and works of Spencer J. Harrison.

Fonds consists of one box of materials related to the life and times of Spencer J. Harrison, artist and gay activist.

Fonds consists of correspondence and photographs related to the careers and the private lives of Martha and Kenneth Kidd.

This addition to the fonds consists of correspondence, clippings, research notes and bibliographies. Subjects include Robertson Davies, Margaret Laurence, Herman Melville and the New England Transcendentalists. The correspondence is mainly between Roper and Davies.

This fonds consists of records accumulated by Robert D. Taylor-Vaisey as a student politician at Trent University. The records concern the Champlain College Cabinet, the Trent University Co-ordinating Committee, and the Trent University Congress of Colleges.

Fonds documents the work of the Trent-ESL program and experiences of its students. Records include brochures, posters, and student guides. Fonds also includes 3 testimonial books featuring stories and photographs by Trent-ESL students and alumni (2003-2014), a scrapbook of the Canadian Culture Summer English experience program (2019), and a memory book on the history of Trent-ESL, produced for its final celebration (April 2026). See file descriptions for more details.

Fonds consists mostly of correspondence (both handwritten and typed) between Mary Northway and Professors John Wadland and Alan Wilson. This correspondence relates primarily to the Brora Centre, the Neathern Trust, Canadian Studies, Trent University, and Windy Pine's history and transfer to Trent. Correspondence also mentions Dorothy Millichamp and Margot Thompson.

Fonds also includes a copy of A. Wilson's nomination of Mary Northway for an honorary degree, her CV, and a list of her publications. There are also 2 photographs of Mary Northway, Helen James, Adele Ebbs and Dorothy (Dore) Millichamp, a poem about Mary Northway by Betsy Struthers, a published copy of Child Student in Canada: A Casual History by Mary Northway, and a Toronto Star obituary of Mary Northway.

Also included is an 8 mm film of Windy Pine (3 minutes, silent, colour), featuring Flora Morrison and her dog Charlie at Driftwood cabin, Windy Pine in the 1970s (also copied on DVD).

This addition to the fonds consists of correspondence, research notes, newspaper clippings, art catalogues, manuscripts relating to Paul Kane; anthropological research, Irish literary personalities, native art, culture and artifacts, cutlery and trade beads. Also included are personal records of Professor Kidd and his career at the Royal Ontario Museum and Trent University . Transcriptions of tapes made by George Cobb of interviews with Curve Lake natives are included. [Digital copies are available]:https://www.trentu.ca/library/archives/93-011#tapes.

Fonds consists of records documenting Paul Wilson’s career and retirement as the Athletic Director at Trent University (1966-2002) and his involvement with the university and regional communities. Material relating to Wilson’s career include correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Material relating to Wilson’s retirement include correspondence, photographs, programs, brochures, and digital records. Wilson’s 80th birthday in 2019 is also documented.

Fonds consists of personal and business correspondence, notes, reports, minutes, invitations, and other documents pertaining to the life and career of Thomas H.B. Symons.

Collection consists of major reports, studies, statements, and other public documents produced by Trent University and its bodies. Files are organized in chronological order, by year.

Fonds consists of scrapbooks, archaeological photographs, and research papers generated primarily by Gilbert Bagnani. The fonds also includes earlier World War I military photographs generated by Ugo Bagnani. Some of the photographs show Mrs. Bagnani in court dress. Also included are Stewart Bagnani bridal photographs.

Fonds consists of personal records of Thomas H.B. Symons relating to his career and to his family. Included are records of his wife, Christine Symons, his children, Mary, Jeffrey, and Ryerson Symons, his father, Harry Lutz Symons, including his father's manuscript for "Three Ships West", and his mother, Dorothy Sarah (Bull) Symons. Also included are materials relating to Professor Symons' activities on various boards and committees, addresses, articles, manuscripts, typescripts, and correspondence, documents and notes concerning Trent University, Association of Commonwealth Universities, Celanese Canada, Science Council of Canada, Department of External Affairs, Royal Society of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, etc.. Also included are photographs of Thomas H.B. Symons, Christine Symons, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

Fonds consists of records documenting Dale Standen’s activities as a postsecondary student and professor. Files include personal and professional correspondence, lecture notes, and teaching background material with focus on Canadian history post contact, the fur trade, and New France. Fonds is arranged into three series: Correspondence and Trent University activities; Lectures notes for classes at Trent University and Vancouver City College; and Postsecondary coursework and essays.

Fonds is comprised of Friends of the Bata Library minutes, financial statements, publicity materials, bulletins, news releases, correspondence, membership lists, fundraising materials, and materials pertaining to the special collections purchased for the Library and Archives.