Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Humberstone family fonds
General material designation
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Fonds
Reference code
CA ON00198 1995-004
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
[ca. 1797]-[ca. 1984], predominant 1890-1984 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
2 files
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Humberstones had potteries near Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue [1812] and near Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue [1833-1915].
Custodial history
Scope and content
Fonds consists of copies of family history notes and documents. It also includes twenty three photos of the Humberstones, the second Humberstone Pottery on Yonge Street South of Steeles Avenue and the Humberstone's Newtonbrook neighbourhood.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated to North York Public Library in 1994 by Newton Mills, [born c. 1923], a Humberstone family descendant.
Arrangement
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Open
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
The photographs are listed in the North York Photographic Collection finding aid.