Please be advised that Queen's University Archives will be closed to the public from 23 May to 2 June 2023. We will reopen on 5 June for our regular hours.

With Homecoming just around the corner, here are some collections in the Queen’s University Archives to get you in the mood to celebrate and reflect.

Queen’s University Archives is proud to contribute to the CFRC 100th anniversary with a Pop-Up exhibit during their open house on October 7th, 2022. The CFRC fonds at Queen’s University Archives consists of 4.70 m of textual records, 64 photographs, 22 audio cassettes, 3 audio compact discs and 4 audio reels from its inception to present day. You can learn more about CFRC's history by looking at the Queen's University.

Queen's University Archives is pleased to invite you to view the 40th Annual Archives Lecture.

Dr. Karen Dubinsky presented An Artistic Chronicle of Havana in the 1960s: Cuban-Canadian Harry Tanner on October 20th, 2022.

Queen's University Archives is please to announce the launch of our new website. This redesign brings us into better compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, reorganizes and harmonizes pages within the website, and refreshes some of our most often used content.

Queen's University Archives is pleased to invite you to view the 39th Annual Archives Lecture.

Dr. Swen Steinberg presented Queen’s Refuge? Thoughts About an Exhibition Project and Refugee Research from a Historical Perspective.  

Virtual Exhibit: Queen’s Refuge: Refugees and the University

Queen’s University Archives wishes to offer sincere condolences to the family of Edwin Charles Beer on his recent passing. Charles Beer was the first archivist at Queen’s, taking up that role in 1960.  He moved on to Dartmouth College in 1966 to undertake a three-year post as Associate Director of the Daniel Webster Papers Project.

Commencing 1 January 2017, Queen’s University Archives will no longer accept cash payments for any reproduction services over $5.00. Any such payments can only be made by cheque (made payable to “Queen’s University Archives”); VISA: MasterCard; or American Express. For those reproduction charges of $5.00 or under, please place monies in the ‘Donation Box’ located at the Reference Desk. For more information on our reprographics prices, please visit our Price List page.

Queen's University Archives is please to welcome its new University Archivist and Associate University Librarian, Ken Hernden. Ken joins Queen's University after over a decade of service at Algoma University as University Librarian.

For more information about Mr. Hernden, visit the Queen's Gazette.