Item is an enamelware ashtray made by employees of Crane Co. Ltd. in Port Hope, c1950s. The ashtray is enameled in light blue, and was kept by Ruth Everson, secretary at Crane. It is unclear as to why the ashtray was created.

Item is a gold-plated tie clip featuring the emblem of General Foods (Kraft) and three small rubies. It was given to John Austin to commemorate 25 years of service working at the Kraft plant in Port Hope, and later, Cobourg.

This ledger belonged to Josiah Haskill (written on the inside cover) and contains the year and name of the client across the top of the left hand page in cursive writing and on the right side page at the top is written the year/ "Contra"/ Pound, Shilling and Pence". - amounts of whiskey the client received are listed on the left side and payments with bushels of wheat, oats, apples, bundles of straw, hay, beans, hogs etc. and cash are listed on the right side. - only the top corner of the left hand pages are numbered, the book has a total of 80 numbered double pages or 160 single pages. Some pages have been removed. -

This ledger belonged to Josiah Haskill (written on the inside cover) and contains the year and name of the client across the top of the left hand page in cursive writing and on the right side page at the top is written the year/ "Contra"/ Pound, Shilling and Pence". - amounts of whiskey the client received are listed on the left side and payments with bushels of wheat, oats, apples, bundles of straw, hay, beans, hogs etc. and cash are listed on the right side. - only the top corner of the left hand pages are numbered, the book has a total of 80 numbered double pages or 160 single pages. Some pages have been removed. -

Item is an advertisement for Mathews Conveyor Company Ltd., Port Hope, ON. Text includes: "You can handle it Better, Faster, and for Less with Mathews Portable Conveyors." Dated, c. 1943.

Whiskey Ledger belonging to Nathaniel Haskill who owned property and lived at Lot 16, Broken Front and Lot 165, Concession 1, Hope Township (now the Municipality of Port Hope). The earliest date of entry is 1801 with most dates primarily from 1807- 1813. - the inside pages are hand written with the purchaser's name, a description and amount of whiskey purchased and the means of payment. Often based on a barter system with payment made in the form of bushels of wheat, cows, barrels of flour etc. Some customers paid in cash. - comprised of 145 pages which are written upon with the remaining pages blank. The first 33 pages include more than one customer, where later pages, 34 - 145 are devoted to a single customer. Each customer has two pages together, side by side. In handwriting at the top is the name of the customer. First name on the left page and surname on the right side page. Left page also lists the date, amount of whiskey obtained and the cost in pounds and shillings. The left page indicates the means of payment.

Whiskey Ledger belonging to Nathaniel Haskill who owned property and lived at Lot 16, Broken Front and Lot 165, Concession 1, Hope Township (now the Municipality of Port Hope). The earliest date of entry is 1801 with most dates primarily from 1807- 1813. - the inside pages are hand written with the purchaser's name, a description and amount of whiskey purchased and the means of payment. Often based on a barter system with payment made in the form of bushels of wheat, cows, barrels of flour etc. Some customers paid in cash. - comprised of 145 pages which are written upon with the remaining pages blank. The first 33 pages include more than one customer, where later pages, 34 - 145 are devoted to a single customer. Each customer has two pages together, side by side. In handwriting at the top is the name of the customer. First name on the left page and surname on the right side page. Left page also lists the date, amount of whiskey obtained and the cost in pounds and shillings. The left page indicates the means of payment.

File consists of correspondence sent to Port Hope Town Hall while M. Wladyka was mayor; and Photocopies of letters from Town Hall and newspaper articles regarding the Port Hope Hydro Electric Commission. The correspondence dates as early as Jul 1930 from Port Hope Hydro Electric Commission to the Hydro Electric Commission in Toronto.

File consists of various documents created by the Port Hope Hydro Electric Commission. It includes: Hydro Rates - Port Hope Hydro Commission 1967; "Port Hope Hydro Adopts New Image" sketch of building at 5 Mill Street South; Invitation, Ontario Municipal Electric Association Testimonial Dinner, Greenwood Tower Inn, Port Hope, 1981; Two (2) Christmas cards; By-law 1428 to establish the Hydro Electric Commission of the Town of Port Hope, 1962 (copy); "Street Lighting" retyped document relating to the early years of Port Hope Hydro (29 pages); Notes written on the back of a Port Hope Bank of Nova Scotia cheque.

File consists of ten (10) collections of correspondence and publications related to Port Hope Hydro. It includes: (1) "Electric Power in Ontario Hydro: A Municipal Co-operative" 54 page booklet, no year given; (2) "The Power Commission Act of Ontario, 1961" - "D. A. Currie P. Eng" on front; (3) Ontario Hydro News, 1961; (4) The Gifts of Nature, 1961; (5) "A Story of Electricity at Work in the Province of Ontario"; (6) Ontario Hydro news 1971 November; (7) Hydro Golden Jubilee, 1906-1956; (8) Hydro Hall of Memory, 1967; (9) Marketing Message, 1968 "Port Hope on the Edge of the Golden Horseshoe Part of the Great Pine Ridge" History of Port Hope Hydro, page 4, 5, 7 and 8; (10) "Ontario Hydro News" Municipal Briefs, 1972. Page 32 reference to Port Hope Council.

File consists of correspondence regarding meeting dates and minutes of the Port Hope Hydro commission.

Series consists of documents related to the Radioactive Waste in Port Hope. (1) A notice stating that individuals must work together with the government in order to inform them that Port Hope citizens are concerned with the Radioactive Waste and ways they are demonstrating these concerns to the government (2) Cards for Port Hope residents to mail to friends outside of Port Hope so outside voices can be heard (3) A document regarding the Terms of Reference for The Port Hope Area Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Environmental Assessment Panel (4) A notice from the Minister Environment Canada about a Review of Clean Up and Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Wastes, (5) a newspaper article from the Newcastle Independent (27 August 1986) a titled "M.P. Not Happy with Sites" with a news release on the back from the M.P. Allan Lawrence (6) a letter to residents of Port Hope, Hope Township and Port Granby areas informing citizens about the possible location of a nuclear waste site from M.P.

File consists of correspondence and details regarding the commemorative bottle for Port Hope's 150th Anniversary with Molson Canadian, Adams Distillers and Peter Mielzynski Agencies,1984.