In the fall of every year Queen’s University Archives holds its Annual Archives Lecture. The Lecture is meant to highlight the archival collections which are held by the University and serves as a public forum to disseminate and discuss the research that is, or has been, carried out using those collections. The Archives Lecture has run every year since its inception in 1983.
A list of past lecturers can be found below:
| Date | Person | Title |
|---|---|---|
| April 13, 1983 | Dr. Norman H. MacKenzie | The Monk Gibbon Papers |
| April 6, 1984 | Dr. Brian S. Osborne | Putting People in Their Place: Some Thoughts on a Regional Archives and Historical Geography |
| March 27, 1985 | Dr. J. Douglas Stewart | The Archives 'Rehabilitates' an Architect: Thomas Rogers (c. 1780-1853) and Tuscan Kingston |
| April 25, 1986 | Dr. Donald Swainson | Corruption, Irresponsibility and Elections in Nineteenth Century Canada |
| April 16, 1987 | Dr. Jack Granatstein | Skelton, Mackintosh, Clark, Gordon and Deutsch |
| April 29, 1988 | Ben Weinreb | Books are the Bones of Saints |
| April 12, 1989 | William J. Patterson | The Formation of Pittsburgh Township |
| May 1, 1990 | Dr. Frederick W. Gibson | The Rise and Decline of the Winnipeg Free Press: The Dafoe Years |
| April 18, 1991 | Dr. Charles Pullen | Starting from Scratch: The Early Stages of the Critical Biography of Arthur Maloney, Criminal Lawyer, Politician, Social Reformer and Ontario's First Ombudsman |
| April 24, 1992 | Dr. J.E. Rea | The Lingering Death of Liberal Canada: Excerpts from the Crerar Papers |
| April 15, 1993 | Dr. Margaret Angus | My Fifty-Five Year Affair with Archives |
| April 21, 1994 | Dr. Michael Bliss | Discovering the Insulin Documents: An Archival Adventure |
| April 21, 1995 | The Honourable Janice MacKinnon | In Search of Sources for Loyalist History |
| April 18, 1996 | Dr. Gerald E. Finley | Archival Sleuthing in Scotland: On the Trail of J.M.W Turner |
| April 17, 1997 | Dr. Sandra Campbell | A Queen's Spirit of Substance: Lorne Pierce and his Alma Mater |
| April 22, 1998 | Ian E. Wilson | The Chancellor Richardson Memorial Fund: A Gift that Grows |
| April 22, 1999 | Dr. A.B. McKillop | Watson of Queen's: A Picture behind a Portrait |
| October 26, 2000 | Dr. John Meisel | Archives in Cyberspace, etc. |
| November 22, 2001 | Dr. W. Craig Ferguson | The Oberon Phenomenon: A Family Affair |
| November 6, 2002 | Dr. Jacalyn Duffin | What Goes Around, Comes Around: Medical Tuition and Political Action |
| October 9, 2003 | Dr. Sam Solecki | In the Archives with D.H Lawrence, Jack McClelland, Earle Birney and Al Purdy |
| October 20, 2004 | Dr. Peter Henshaw | Buchan and the Invention of Canada |
| October 1, 2005 | Kingston Social History Tours | Kingston Social History Tours |
| October 11, 2006 | Helen Humphreys | Leaving Earth: Writing a Novel from the Archives |
| October 4, 2007 | Dr. Brian S. Osborne | The Paradox of Heritage: The Case of the Rideau Canal as World Heritage Site |
| October 15, 2008 | Dr. Janet Brooke | Art for Community: The Kingston Art Collecting Society |
| October 22, 2009 | Sean Conway | Not Going Gentle into That Good Night: Joan Finnigan Remembered |
| October 21, 2010 | Dr. Gerald Tulchinsky | What's Special about Canadian Jewish History |
| October 20, 2011 | Dr. Duncan McDowall | It Can't Happen Here: Chuck Edwards and the Challenge to Limestone Liberalism at Queen's 1968-1970 |
| November 7, 2012 | Dr. Cheryl McWatters | The news of our failure is almost in every child's mouth: Accounts, tales and travels through the archives |
| November 21, 2013 | Dr. Amber Lloydlangston | Using archival material in exhibit 'Peace' (includes Edmison Diary from Queen's Archives) |
| October 30, 2014 | Dr. Sandra Campbell | Time's Judgements Are Best?: Lorne Pierce and the Queen's University Art Foundation |
| October 15, 2015 | Dr. Hugh Grant | W.A Mackintosh and the Folly of World War I |
| October 20, 2016 | Deirdre Bryden | The Treasure Room: Intriguing tales of collecting at Queen's |
| October 26, 2017 | Dr. Guy Berthiaume | Don't Know Much About Geography: Perspectives on Local, Regional, and National Archives |
| November 8, 2018 | Murray Klippenstein | Indigenous Stories from Queen’s Archives: The Daniel MacMartin diary and the Original Oral Promises of Treaty 9 |
| October 30, 2019 | Dr. Laura Murray | Counterarchive or Nostalgia Trip? Reflections on the Swamp Ward & Inner Harbour History Project |
| November 27, 2020 | Brandon Graham & Michael Borsk with Scott Berthelette | Treaty Research at the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation: Access, Justice, and Curiosity Dirty Deeds?: The History of the 1796 Fairfield-Chippewa Deed in and Beyond Queen’s Archives |
| November 24, 2021 | Dr. Swen Steinberg | Queen’s Refuge? Thoughts About an Exhibition Project and Refugee Research from a Historical Perspective |
| October 20, 2022 | Dr. Karen Dubinsky | An Artistic Chronicle of Havana in the 1960s: Cuban-Canadian Harry Tanner |
| October 27, 2023 | Peter L. Twohig | Preparing for ‘intelligent and thoughtful practice’: University education and health care workers, 1965-1975 |
| October 24, 2024 | Dr. Steven Maynard | "An Adventure in Fairyland": Sexual and Gender Nonconformity at Queen's in Times of Austerity - Lessons from the 1930s |
| October 20, 2025 | Dr. Donald Wright | Arthur Lower and I: An Archival Story in Three Parts |