Books about Queen's

Most of these books are available from ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Libraries.

  • A Woman with a Purpose
    By Elizabeth Smith. From her personal diaries 1872-1884. Published in 1980.

  • Cornerstones and Plaques: ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ History in Names
    A slim volume on the history of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ buildings, written by Margaret Angus and published in 1991.

  • Daniel M. Gordon: His Life
    By Wilhelmina Gordon (a biography of her father, Daniel Gordon, who was ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ eighth Principal). Published by Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1941.

  • Domesday Book of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥
    1887-1924.

  • Drama at ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ From its Beginning to 1991 
    By Erdmute Waldhauer.

  • Faithful Unto Death
    A biography of John Anderson, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ first janitor. It was written by Agnes Maule Machar, daughter of the Rev John Machar, and published in 1859.

  • George Monro Grant
    A biography of George Grant, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ most famous Principal, for whom Grant Hall is named. The book is written by William Lawson Grant and Frederick Hamilton, and was published in 1905.

  • In the Shadow of the Shield
    By Arthur Zimmerman, Program Director of CFRC from 1984 to 1988, on the history of CFRC radio station.

  • Miriam of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥
    By Lilian Vaux MacKinnon. Published in 1921.

  • ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥! ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥! ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥!
    By Herb Hamilton. ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ circa 1930s-1970s. Published in 1977.

  • ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Biology
    By B.N. Smallman, H.M. Good, and A.S. West.

  • ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Engineers: A Century of Applied Science (1893-1993)
    By George Richardson.

  • ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Men, Canada's Men
    By Kathryn Bindon. The military history of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ from the 19th century until the 1960s. Published in 1978.

  • ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Profiles
    Another collection of profiles of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ figures, this one written by David G. Dewar and published in 1951.

  • ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥: The First 150 Years
    Complete with many photographs, celebrating the history of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and detailing its rich history. The book was edited by Thomas H. Carpenter and was published in 1990 by the Alumni Association.

  • ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Alumnae Association 1900-1961 and Women's Residences at ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥
    Edited by Mary Chown, Melva Eagleson and Thelma Boucher. Published in 1962.
    In 1992, this book was edited for republication by Margaret Gibson and reissued as A Generous Loyalty: The ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Alumnae Memory Book.

  • ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ at Kingston: The First Century of a Scottish-Canadian Foundation 1841-1941
    A history of the first hundred years of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ by D. D. Calvin, published in 1941.

  • ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥: Volume I 1841-1917
    A wonderful and detailed history of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ written by Hilda Neatby and edited by Frederick W. Gibson and Roger Graham, published in 1978.

  • ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥: Volume II 1917-1961
    The second volume of this superb history, written by Frederick W. Gibson and published in 1983.


  • This third volume of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ history by University Historian Duncan McDowell is "copiously illustrated with photographs of important people, events, and aspects of campus life."

  • Setting the Agenda: Jean Royce and the Shaping of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥
    By Roberta Hamilton. Published in 2002.

  • Some Great Men of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥
    A collection of profiles edited by former Principal R.C. Wallace and published in 1941.

  • Still Running
    Edited by Joy Parr. Reminiscences circa 1920s-1980s. Published in 1987.

  • The First Fifty Years. A History of the Science Faculty at ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ 1893-1943
    A history of the Faculty of Applied Science written by former Dean of Applied Science Arthur Clark and published in 1943.

  • Their Leaven of Influence: Deans of Women at ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ 1916-1996
    By ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ alumnae Maureen McCallum Garvie and Jennifer L. Johnson. Published in 1999.