The fonds consists mainly of correspondence received by Sir William Hales Hingston and a few letters received by Mrs. Hingston and their sons William, Donald, and Harold.
There are also photographs, press clippings, brochures, invitations, manuscripts of Sir William's writings, business cards, maps and objects. The fonds includes a scrapbook of press clippings relating to Sir William Hingston's political and professional life, an official document appointing him to the Ottawa Improvement Commission in 1902, the original letters patent related to Sir William's knighthood, and a circa 1889 photograph of Sir William. Also included is an album containing 92 wedding and travel photographs of the Hingston family.
The fonds is organized into the following series:
P0134/A Sir William Hales Hingston
P0134/B Family correspondence
P0134/C Family history
The series provides information on Sir William Hales Hingston's career as surgeon and politician, and his experience on different boards of directors, as well as some of the numerous honours he received during his career. It also contains some of his writings, most importantly the manuscript of the Climate of Canada and How It Affects Us which he published.
The series contains correspondence, notes, essays, press clippings, and other documents.
The series is organized into the following subseries:
P0134/A1 Medical Career
P0134/A2 Political Career
P0134/A3 Administrative Career
P0134/A4 Writings
P0134/A5 Honours
The series provides historical information on the members of the Hingston Family.
The series contains notices of death, biographical sketches of Sir William, historical brochures, books, admission tickets, maps, newspapers clippings and two family trees. It also contains 133 photographs of family members, partly in a photo album.
Sepia photograph of horse rider.
One word on back, "Bibakiba"
The series provides personal information on the members of the Hingston Family, through their personal correspondence.
The series contains correspondence between the members of the family and with other correspondents. The letters were received by Sir William, Lady Hingston and three of their children: Aileen, Basil and Harold. They were sent by members of the family: Sir William Hales Hingston, William Hingston, S.J., Harold Hingston and Aileen Hingston; and friends and relations.