Series consists of various architectural proposals, including the original blueprints, for the construction of the new Port Hope High School at 130 Highland Drive, as well as an addition, 1954-1962. All of the architectural work was done by Barnett and Rieder.

Series consists of various quotes for classroom supplies, construction projects, and furniture for the new Port Hope High School, 1955. It includes quotes from: John Morrison and Sons, Globe Furniture Manufacturing Company, Barnett and Rieder (Architects), W. J. Stillman Direct Factory Sales, Hospital and Kitchen Equipment Company Ltd., School-Master Furniture Ltd., Valley City Manufacturing Company Ltd., and a material reference list from the construction of Hamilton Township Public School.

Series consists of newspaper clippings (both copies and originals) related to various Port Hope hotels, c1854-1989. It includes: The Albion, Bletcher's Inn, Blackham's, The British, Canada House, Durham House, The Ganaraska Hotel, Hetherington's Hotel, Lake View House, Lees Hotel (Mill Street North), Martin Griffen's Hotel, Midland House, The North American, Queen's Arms Inn, The Plains, The Royal, Stenson's, St. Lawrence Hotel, Strong's Hotel, Turner House, The Walton (Queen's Hotel), and other miscellaneous inns, taverns and saloons. The series also contains two (2) paper napkins from the Queen's Hotel on Walton Street.

File consists of four (4) sleeves for car insurance slips created as promotional items for various Port Hope businesses, c1970-1980s. It includes: (1) Wawanesa Insurance via Elliott Insurance Services, 27 Queen Street; (2) Peter R. Elliott, Insurance Broker Ltd., 27 Queen Street; (3) Trotter's Service Station, 300 Ridout Street; (4) Elliott Insurance Services, 27 Queen Street

File consists of Invoices, Letters and Letterhead from the following Port Hope businesses: Dingwall & Ross, 1894; Canadian Express Co. 1894; H. W. Mitchell, 1937 letterhead only; Seth Smith, 1899; J. Walker Quinlan, Major, 1899 (handwritten); Drs. Forrest & Benson - Letter; Henry White, Barrister - letter, 1899; M. Millard Invoice, 1929; Midland Trust Company, 1899 letter.

Item is a printer's proof of an invoice and price list created for James Taylor, manufacturer of Stone Enamelled Earthenware, Flower Pots, Vases, Chimney Tops, etc., Port Hope Pottery.

Series consists of receipts and invoices addressed to Miss Mary McMillan by various Port Hope businesses and professionals, 1940-1952. It includes: Dr. M.S. Hawkins, Dr. M.C. Hawkins, Nicholson File Co., Palmer's Dry Goods, Rutter Granite Co., Jex and Smith Funeral Directors and House Furnishers.

Item is a store ledger for an unknown Port Hope store, 1825-1830. Ledger lists customer's names, purchases and costs.

File consists of a press release concerning the purchase of Muirheads by Grand & Toy, an OfficeMax company.

This fonds consists of correspondence, press releases, a written history and newspaper clippings.

Series consists of records of the office supplies and furniture store Querney's Office Plus in Sudbury, Ontario.

The fonds consists of two financial ledgers compiled by Robert Lindsay, General Merchant, of Innerkip, between the years 1856-1865.

Item is a receipt for receiving wheat, 1848. It is for H---- & Co. printed 23 Oct 1843. No additional information can be taken from the receipt for company information.

Series consists of two photocopied pages of the Sudbury and District Chamber of Commerce April 29, 1998 Business Excellence Awards brochure (pages include the title page and the page listing the Querney Family as recipients of the President's Award). Series also includes a typed, annotated, one page Curriculum Vitae of Alan Arthur Querney.

Fonds consists of records relating to the general store and sawmill owned by the Richards family at Balaclava Ontario 1896-1947. The general store records include: detailed supplier invoices 1896-1910, 1914-1933; incoming and outgoing correspondence 1897-1942 and orders and order receipts 1899-1928; general ledgers and day books 1868-1896; profit and loss accounts 1901-1905; store inventories 1903-1904, 1911 and cash books 1901-1911, 1937-1938. There are also general lumber orders 1931-1946 in box 12.

For the sawmill there are time books 1905-1926; log books of logs cut for the sawmill 1895-1927; log book accounts 1908-1910, 1934-1939; lumber and timber contracts 1898-1910; and railway tie contracts 1914-1927.

There are also miscellaneous files relating to the Richards family including insurance certificates 1899-1913; Harry Richards’ income taxes 1916-1923 and 1933-1940; and William Richards’ notebooks for money owed 1892-1898 as well as his estate accounts 1908-1912. There are also records relating to the public school board of Grattan and Brougham Townships 1891-1931 and the Brougham and Grattan Telephone Co. 1907-1921.

The documents are arranged into three series: 1) General Store Records and Orders; 2) Financial Records; and, 3) Subject Files.

This fonds consists of 5 record books kept by Robert B. Hillmer concerning his watchmaking and jewellery business. In the books, Mr. Hillmer recorded watch inventories (1899), as well as job numbers, client name, work requested and price. Item List: Watch Repair Book 1910 - 1913; Watch Repair Book 1924 - 1934; Watch Repair Book 1936 - 1954; Watch Repair Record book, 1913 - 1924; and Watch Repair Record book 1898-1910. The fonds also includes a Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons of Canada certificate appointing Robert Benjamin Hillmer to the office of Grand Superintendent of Huron District No. 6, February 28, 1918.

This collection is rich in social and cultural history of the village of Lakefield in the 19th history.

Collection of Robert Delledonne consisting of voters’ list, Lakefield, 1945-53; Charles Percy, Trent Canal timber charges, 1896; Women’s Institute, xxx; Mavis Birch ledger, 1922, 1937; Village of Lakefield Treasurer’s book, 1875-1897; Clarice M. Kidd, scrapbooks, c1930s to c1960s; Lakefield schools, 1889-1978, 1991; Ayotte family papers, 1830s-1980s; Lakefield, Grand Trunk Railway, 1893-1902 including freight way bills, 1893-1902, ledger, 1896-97, assessment papers, ticket stubs, daily report logs; Lakefield News, scattered issues, 1900-1954; maps, 1883, 1950’s; literary manuscripts and drafts related to the Lakefield history, 1990s; research materials, scrapbooks, news clippings, photographs on varied aspects of the history of Lakefield; copies of township directories, 1857-1917, 1948; and copies of voter’s lists, land deeds and wills significant to the history of Lakefield. The collection includes many local history books and Dun and Bradstreet mercantile register, Canada, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1949.

The papers are organized in the Following Series:
A. Directories, 1857-1948, 1 cu ft; files 1-54
B. Lakefield and Young’s Point, 1856-1991, 2.2 cu ft; files 55-249
C. Lakefield Women’s Institute, c1970’s, .3 cu ft; files 250-256
D. Clarice M. Kidd Scrapbooks, c1940’s to 1960’s, .5 cu ft; files oversize 19-25, files 257-262
E. Schools, 1889-1978, 1991, 1 cu ft; files 263-285, 293-312
F. Ayotte family papers, 1830’s-1980s, 1 cu ft; files oversize 37, 38, 39, 313-357
G. Lakefield Grand Trunk Railway, 1893-1902, 1 cu ft; files 611-649
H. Lakefield News, 1990-1955, and other newspapers, .5 cu ft; files 358-385, 603-610
I. Maps and plans, 1883, 1950s, .5cu ft; files 398-440
J. Photographs and Postcards of Lakefield People and Businesses, Calendars; files 286-292, 386-397, 521-566, 602
K. Mixed Items, Lakefield and Peterborough; files 441-520, 567-601, 609-610
L. Lakefield history books

File consists of correspondence from Peter Robertson to Seth Soper Smith regarding Mrs. Brown's balance sheet, undated.