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Fonds contains team photographs, team program booklets, and scrapbooks of news clippings.

Material covers Burlington’s history as documented by the Hamilton Spectator covering local news from the late 20th century. The collection consists of a mix of newspaper clippings and positive print images on (usually) glossy photo paper. There are occasionally cropping marks and measurements in grease pencil on some of these images when they were used for publication.

The fonds consist of primarily textual records of Roly Bird’s time in office as the mayor of Burlington. This includes meeting minutes, correspondence, memorabilia, photographs, artwork, plaques, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous political files and records.

One bound, handwritten volume of the collector's roll for Ryan Ward in the Town of Sudbury.

One bound, handwritten volume of the collector's roll for McCormick Ward in the Town of Sudbury.

One bound, handwritten volume of the collector's roll for Fournier Ward in the Town of Sudbury.

Item is an annotated price list printed for O'Flynn Cash Grocery by Sudbury Star Print. Inside the volume are price lists for household items and foodstuffs. Household items include brooms, soaps and powders, polishes and starches. Foodstuffs include dried and canned fruits and vegetables, meat, eggs, cereals, jams and jellies, fish, nuts, rice, pickles and soup. O'Flynn Cash Grocery also carried baking goods, such as flour, spices, syrups, salt, yeast, sugars, lard and butter. Items such as coffee, tea, chocolate and candy could also be purchased. Written on the inside front cover is a short note from the O'Flynn Cash Grocery expounding on the benefits of paying cash for groceries versus paying with credit. The store appeals to the "old-fashioned people" in the area to buy their fresh goods with cash and save money. On the back cover of the booklet are instructions on how to order from the store. According to the price list, no shipment was too great or too small, orders just had to be plainly written on only one side of a sheet of paper and cash had to be sent with the order. The front and inside covers are designed with a swastika in each corner, a symbol used for good luck in many cultures.

Item is one volume of a handwritten geography lesson plan. Included are hand drawn maps of the continents, as well as maps of individual countries and geographic areas. Accompanying each map are notes describing the surface geography, the climate and the main industries of each area and how their location on the Earth affects those things. The final map is of "The World" with notes describing how the Earth spins on it's axis and affects the seasons, the time zones, the tides and the wind patterns. Tucked within the pages is a list of the occurrence of maps on the geography maps entrance exam, a point form outline of the geographic, political and economic make-up of Canada, a map of Canada and two copies of notes with information about Australia.

Item is volume one of a handwritten Canadian History Outline lesson plan. Subjects included in the lesson plan are: Indigenous pre-European contact and post-European contact, European explorers (including the Vikings), European settlement of North America, the Founding of New France, the Huron missions, the Hudson Bay Company, the Acadians, the Expulsion of the Acadians, the Quebec Act, the American Revolution and the United Empire Loyalists. Tucked within the notebook are three copies of a typed, sixty line Canadian History in verse, two typed copies of a Canadian History Review with forty-eight questions and answers, a typed poem in verse entitled "Wolfe" by Grade 8 student James Yeates in 1938, two hand drawn maps, various handwritten history notes and a newspaper clipping ("Historian Calls Cabot Follower, Not Finder," Globe and Mail, March 4, 1961, p. 9).

File consists of an annual financial statement for the Town of Sudbury. A list of standing committees and their members is also included.

Item is volume two of a handwritten Canadian History Outline lesson plan. Subjects included in the lesson plan are: the United Empire Loyalists, Feudalism, the Constitutional Act, the War of 1812, the Fur Trade, pioneers in Upper Canada, Responsible Government in British North America (Canada pre-1867), the Rebellion of 1837-1838, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), Confederation, Louis Riel and the North-West Rebellion, Canada in the Boer War (South African War), the League of Nations, the Klondike Gold Rush, aviation during the Great War and the role of the government in Canada, including electoral districts, sources of revenue and available social services. Tucked within the notebook are handwritten and typewritten notes on historical people and events, maps, a pamphlet titled "The Fathers of Confederation" that was issued by the Ontario Department of Education in September 1927, eighteen 'Canadianecdote' articles clipped out of Maclean's Magazine ("The Fiddler Went to War," "Frontenac's Unwanted Heart," "The Tycoon in Caulk Boots," "They Took a Train for Taxes," "John A. and the Jester," "The Tale of Old Wives," "The Vindication of Suzanne Pas-de-Nom," "Finnan Fought a Buffalo," "A Coin that's Worth a Fortune," "The Last Shots of War," "The West's Jesting Judge," "And He Owned B.C.!," "A Favor from Mavor," "He Traded Canada for a Dowry," "He Duped the Duke," "The Sacrifice of Malobiannah," "The Lifesaving Doves" and "The Raid on 'Fort Blunder'"), a memorandum dated June 1933 regarding higher average marks received by students at Capreol Public School in Capreol, Ontario on their high school entrance exams versus their final exams (which included a suggestion that the final exams should be made less difficult and be marked more carefully to ensure that the exams were of value to the students and school officials), a typed article entitled "The Legend of the Crooked Tree" which was based on (predominately verbatim) the published article “Crooked Tree of Ekfrid Casts Shadow Over Site of Canada’s Betrayal” (originally published in the London Free Press), a typed article entitled "Stoney Creek" which was based on (predominately verbatim) the published article “Victory of Stoney Creek,” a handwritten list of the Cabinet members in the 1934 Ontario Government and the 1935 Dominion Government, a handwritten list of six items titled, “The duties of a Citizen,” and newspaper clippings.

(Articles from identified newspapers include: “Commemorate 118 Years of Canada-U.S. Peace,” The Sudbury Star, May 4, 1935, p. 8, “Gold Coins, Silver Plate: Legend True, Inn Yields Treasure,” The Globe and Mail, August 19, 1964, “New Ministers in Premier Hepburn’s Cabinet of Thirteen,” The Free Press (London, Ontario), October 13, 1937, “Dorchester’s Donnybrook Fair Opens Tomorrow,” The London Free Press, October 8, 1965, p. 30 and “The Story of Tecumseh,” The Canadian Countryman, January 24, 1925, p. 11 & p. 33.)

(Articles from unidentified newspapers include: “Will Not Arm Against Canada,” 1935, “I Wish I Were a Millionaire,” “All-Embracing,” “Description of a Storm,” “Victory of Stoney Creek,” “Road Error, Hunch Bring Lou to Place of Tecumseh’s Birth,” p. 1, “Road Error, Hunch Bring Lou to Story,” p. 3, “Memorial to Dan Boone,” “Crooked Tree of Ekfrid Casts Shadow Over Site of Canada’s Betrayal,” “Wishing Well District Scene of Many Dramas In Ontario’s Early Days,” “In the Days of the Indians,” “Brule’s First Indian Fight,” “Unique Lesson: Try New Way of Teaching History,” January 6, 1951 and “Hepburn Cabinet Enlarged to 14 Members; Dewan Heads Agriculture, Conant, Attorney-General,” p. 1 & p. 10).

Item is one volume of a handwritten lesson plan about World History between 1800 and 1920. Topics include the unification of Germany, the rise of Nationalism, the relationship between "the Great Powers" (i.e. Russia, Italy, France and England), British colonization and growth, progress made in medicine since 1800, 19th century English Literature, Responsible Government in British North America (Canada pre-1867) and the basics of Socialism. World War I is featured in depth, including the causes of war, details of famous battles and the circumstances surrounding the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.

Item is one volume of a handwritten lesson plan about the French Revolution. The notes include information on the political atmosphere in the years leading up to the revolution, key individuals involved, the role of the monarchy and the Old Regime in the revolution and the formation of the National Assembly. Also included is a summary of the Napoleonic Era and the effect the French Revolution had on the rest of the world, focusing specifically on the unification of Italy.

Item is one volume of a handwritten lesson plan on zoology, including scientific descriptions about fish, birds, amphibians, insects and small mammals. Details about the genetic make-up of these creatures and how they see, feel, breathe and move are explained. Notes are also given regarding the natural habitats of fish, insects or animals being described, along with a look at their life history (i.e. how they are born, how they spend their time and a typical death attributed to each creature). Hand drawn or traced diagrams are included throughout the item.

Item is one volume of a handwritten lesson plan on botany, including plant descriptions of the root, leaf and inflorescence, as well as the organ number, cohesion, adhesion and form (if the plant flowers). Notes on any fruit that may grow on the plant are also given, as well as the classification of that fruit. Hand drawn or traced diagrams are included throughout the item.

Item is part 3A of a grade eight social studies lesson plan. Part 3A includes an acknowledgment section, an introduction to social studies, a table of contents for the grade eight social studies lesson plan part 2(A - E) and a condensed version of the grade eight social studies lesson plan part 2A.

Item is part 2D and part 2E of a grade eight social studies lesson plan. Part 2D covers the smaller units within the British Commonwealth of Nations and is split into seven sections which include: "Part D" [an introduction], "Smaller British Possessions," "British Possessions in Africa and African Waters," "British Possessions in Asia and Asiatic Waters," "Oceania," "British Possessions in North America and North American Waters" and "British Possessions in South America and South American Waters." Part E consists of an overview of the British Empire and repeats much of the information covered in the grade eight social studies lesson plan parts 2C and 2D.

Item is part 2C of a grade eight social studies lesson plan consisting of two sections, "Part C" which is an introduction and "The Great Dominions and Ireland" which covers the history and geography of the British Commonwealth of Nations. The second section is further subdivided into six topics which include: "The Dominion of Canada," "The Union of South Africa," "India," "Australia," "New Zealand" and "Ireland." Three newspaper clippings have been placed in between pages in the lesson plan.

(Articles from identified newspapers include: "No Union in Ireland: Partition There to Stay, N.Y. Times Writer Finds," The Globe and Mail, March 10, 1948, p. 17)

(Articles from unidentified newspapers include: "India, Pakistan Involved in New Areas of Conflict" and "Chile Sets up 2nd Base Over British Protests.")

Item is part 2B of a grade eight social studies lesson plan consisting of sixteen sections that cover British history and the development of democracy in the western world. The sixteen sections include: "Part B" [an introduction], "The British Isles," "The Normans in England," "The Crusades," "Scotland in the Middle Ages," "Elizabethan England," "Additional Explorers," "Freedom in Government," "Types of Government," "National Freedom," "Individual Freedom," "The Establishment, Growth, and Influence of the Christian Church in Britain," "Slavery," "The Establishment of Colonies in North America," "Britain To-day" and "Winston Churchill."

Item is Part A 2 of a grade eight social studies lesson plan consisting of nine sections that cover world geography. The nine sections include: "General Notes," "The Earth as a Whole," "How the Sun Lights and Heats the Earth," "The Atmosphere, Winds and Rain," "Weather and Climate," "The Ocean," "The Moon," "Eclipses" and "Migration." Tucked within the notebook is a newspaper clipping ("Underwater Photos and Surface Weatherdromes," The Star Weekly (Toronto, Ontario), October 15, 1949, p. 10.)