François de Champflour est issu de la branche parisienne d'une famille de l'Auvergnat. Il fût nommé gouverneur de Trois-Rivières en 1639 et démontra un excellent sens de la diplomatie en réussissant à repousser une attaque iroquoise en 1641. D'août 1642 à décembre 1643, Champflour fut commandant du Fort Richelieu jusqu'au moment où il retourna à son poste de Trois-Rivières; en 1645 il joua un rôle important dans les négociations de paix avec les Iroquois. Il rentra à Paris cette année là avec l'espoir de revenir en Nouvelle France; mais ce rêve ne se matérialisa jamais et en 1649 il vendit le fief qu'il avait reçu de la Compagnie des Cent-Associés.

The first railway built in Canada was the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad, constructed in 1836 in Lower Canada between La Prairie and St-Jean. The C&SL was financed by Montreal brewery owner John Molson. By 1851 the line was extended from St-Jean to Rouses Point, New York, and in 1852 from St-Jean to St. Lambert. The C&SL merged with the Montreal and New York Railroad in 1857 (then known as the Montreal and Lachine Railroad). The newly-formed company was named the Montreal and Champlain Railroad. In 1864 the line was leased to the Grand Trunk Railway.

Burton Chance was a practicing ophthalmologist and notable historian of ophthalmology who was born in 1868. He received his medical degree from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1893. He began his residency at Wills Eye Hospital in 1894 and was the Chief Surgeon from 1916 until 1933 when he withdrew consulting status. During the intervening years, he became the Assistant Dispensary Surgeon at the Eye Dispensary of the University of Pennsylvania in 1895 and served as Physician-in-Charge of the Children's Department at St. Joseph's Hospital from 1895 to to 1898. In 1899, He became Assistant Surgeon at Wills Eye Hospital and opened his private practice. He was Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Pennsylvania Railroad and Ophthalmologist to the Germantown Dispensary and Hospital in 1909.

He had a personal interest in colour blindness due to two colour-blind uncles. He served as a consulting editor at the American Journal of Ophthalmology and authored over 250 publications, including case studies of neoplasms and colour blindness in addition to articles on biography and medical history. He became a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1900 and was active in its Section on Ophthalmology. He wrote several books, including "Ophthalmology" (1939) and "Early printing of medical books..." (1948).

Beverly Chandler graduated with a B.Sc. degree from McGill in 1967. Thereafter she worked in the University's Undergraduate Library, being Head of Reference Services at the time of the creation of this fonds.

Hon. Edward Barron Chandler was born on August 22, 1800, in Amherst, Nova Scotia.

He was a New Brunswick politician and lawyer, one of the Fathers of Confederation. He moved to New Brunswick to study law and in 1827, he was elected to the House of Assembly. He became involved in such questions as the quitrents, Catholic emancipation, the rights of the Acadian population, school administration, the revision of provincial laws, and immigration. In 1836, he was appointed to the Legislative Council where he remained until 1878. In 1843, Chandler joined the Executive Council of Sir William Colebrooke and remained the acknowledged leader of the “compact” government until 1854. In this position of power, he was able to impose his version of responsible government on the province. He became a leading advocate of an improved system of railway transportation within the province and with its neighbours. In 1878, he received his final public appointment as Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.

In 1822, he married Phoebe Walker Millidge (1802–1889). He died on February 6, 1880, in Fredericton, Nova Scotia.

Zachariah T. Chandler was born on December 10, 1813, in Bedford, New Hampshire.

He was a Detroit mayor, a U.S. Senator, and the Secretary of the Interior under President Ulysses S. Grant’s administration. In 1833, Chandler moved to Detroit and opened a dry goods business. He soon developed a reputation as an anti-slavery activist and contributed money to Detroit’s Underground Railroad operations. In 1851, he became the Mayor of Detroit. He was one of the founders of the Republican Party when it was created in 1854. He identified with the Radical Republicans who opposed the Fugitive Slave Act, supported the abolition of slavery, and later advocated for civil rights for newly freed slaves. In 1857, he became a U.S. Senator until 1875, when he was defeated by the Democratic candidate. The same year he was appointed Secretary of the Interior, a position he held until 1877. In 1879, Chandler was being considered as the Republican candidate for U.S. president in the 1880 election. However, following a speech in Chicago, he died in his hotel room on November 1, 1879.

In 1844, he married Letitia Grace Douglas.