Collection consists of various local history information and original documents compiled and collected by Norman Thomas Long over the course of his life living and working in Port Hope, Ontario. Most of the collection is housed in a vertical subject filing cabinet in the Reading Room at the Port Hope Archives (a file-listing is available). For more detailed information, please refer to file and item-level descriptions.
File consists of a satirical newspaper called "The Growler". The title was apparently printed weekly on Saturday afternoons.
While the item lists "Quirk, Gammon & Snap" as its editors, it was a project of the Brampton Times editor and his son, George and Luther "Lou" Tye.
File consists of one bound, handwritten volume of the minutes of the proceedings of the Town of Sudbury.
File consists of one bound, handwritten volume of the collector's roll for the Town of Sudbury.
File consists of a microfilm of one bound, predominantly handwritten volume of the by-laws of the Town of Sudbury.
File consists of a published list of voters for the Town of Sudbury, prepared by the Town Clerk from the 1894 Assessment Roll.
File consists of one bound, handwritten volume of the minutes of the proceedings of the Town of Sudbury.
File consists of a pamphlet of by-laws created by the Town of Copper Cliff.
File consists of a Town of Copper Cliff cash book for the Copper Cliff School Board.
File consists of a bound, handwritten cash book for the Town of Copper Cliff.
File consists of one bound, handwritten volume of the minutes of the proceedings of the Town of Sudbury.
File consists of one bound, handwritten volume of the minutes of the proceedings of the Town of Copper Cliff.
File consists of a published list of voters for the Town of Copper Cliff, prepared by the Town Clerk from the 1902 Assessment Roll.
File consists of one bound, handwritten volume of the assessment roll for the Town of Copper Cliff. A handwritten recapitulation of the assessment roll is also included on a loose sheet of paper tucked inside the back of the roll which calculates the town, file, public school and school debenture rate totals.
File consists of one bound, handwritten volume of the assessment roll for the Town of Copper Cliff.
Item is a typed, carbon copy letter on onion skin paper from Thomas Dixon, Clerk of the Peace in Bruce County. The letter was most likely originally sent to a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) office in Bruce County and then copied and forwarded to other CPR stations, including the North Bay office. The letter quotes a letter Thomas Dixon received from the Attorney General on May 18, 1905 concerning homeless men in regards to burglaries and violent crimes. The letter instructs railway employees to assist the Railway Constables with handling these matters and to remind the constables of their duty to "administer the law strictly and vigorously."
File consists of one bound, handwritten volume of the assessment roll for the Town of Sudbury.
File consists of one bound, handwritten volume of the collector's roll for the Town of Sudbury.
File consists of an annual financial statement for the Town of Copper Cliff.
File consists of one bound, handwritten volume of the assessment roll for the Town of Copper Cliff.