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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.

Nathaniel Haskill and his wife Abigail (Sawyer) with 7 children made their way to Smith's Creek from Massachusetts about 1795. They were part of the 187 settlers brought in by Elias Smith, J. Walton and A. Walton.

• This book belonged to Sanford Watts Haskill, son of Josiah, grandson of Nathaniel and records financial numbers along the top and right side columns. The body of the page is a journal /record of the day to day happenings on the farm and describes the weather for each day, with date listed in the left hand columns.
• this journal/ledger consists of 565 pages. A loose page, with three columns, (2 for "Deaths" and one coulmn for "Marriages") is inserted at the beginning of the book and lists the names of people who have died or been married with a page number beside. Turning to the page gives you the date of death or marriage indicated by a notation. As the page is badly worn on the right side the Marriage page numbers are missing. On the reverse side the page numbers are clear, although the names are difficult to read.

Series includes programmes from various Friends of Music events, 1976-1999. All events took place at Port Hope United Church unless otherwise noted. a) Oshawa Symphony Orchestra, December 11 1977 b) Oshawa Symphony Orchestra, May 11 1980 c) Peterborough Symphony Orchestra, October 29 1978 d) 'The Messiah' by Northumberland Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonic Choir, April 2 1980 e) Anton Kuerti, November 29, 1981 f) Hagood Hardy, February 20 1983 g) Hamilton Philharmonic, April 24, 1983 h) George Zukerman, November 20 1983 i) An Evening of Opera with Roxolana Roslak, Jean Macphail, Gary Rideout, Stuart Hamilton, March 11 1984 j) Maureen Forrester and Derek Bampton, April 15 1984 k) The Tallis Choir, November 18 1984 l) North York Symphony, April 28 1985 m) Jon Kimura Parker, October 27 1985 n) Hugh McLean, January 19 1986 o) Gabrieli Brass, April 20 1986 p) Vancouver Chamber Choir, February 22 1987 q) Anagnoson and Kinton, March 2 1987 r) The Moscow Woodwind quintet, March 6 1987 s) Kingston Symphony, March 27 1987 t) Mary O'Hara, October 16 1987 u) The King's Singers, November 27 1987 v) The Allegri String Quartet, March 26 1988 w) Angela Hewitt, April 24 1988 x) Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, November 18 1988 y) Elmer Iseler Singers, December 10 1988 z) The Amadeus Ensemble, April 29 1990 aa) Carrol McLaughlin, February 18 1989 bb) Mirelle Lagace, March 31 1989 cc) Great Lakes Brass, May 12 1989 dd) Toronto Symphony at Port Hope High School, September 30 1990 ee) 'In Memorian' Helen Kyle ff) Louis Lortie, November 23 1990 gg) I Musici De Montreal with Anton Kuerti, February 8 1991 hh) Loreen McKennit, March 17 1991 ii) American Boychoir, April 21 1991 jj) Gene Dinovi and James Campbell, April 18 1998 kk) Le Studio De Musique Ancienne de Montreal, December 11 1999 ll) Daniel Domb and Oshawa Symphony Orchestra, May 16 1976

Series of programs for 'The Northumberland Choristers' events that took place at Port Hope United Church, a) 'A Northumberland Christmas, December 4 1994 b) 'Music to Make You Smile', November 26 1995 c) 'With a Smile & A Song, November 24 1996 d) 'Messiah', December 8 1991

Series of programs of entertainment and musical events that took place in Port Hope, a) Vinyl Cafe with Stuart McLean, at the Capitol Theatre, 1998 b) 'A Spring Concert' by the Upper Canada Boychoir at Port Hope United Church, April 20 1997 c)'An Evening with La Jeunesse Youth Orchestra' at the Capitol Theatre, April 28 2005 d) The Oriana Singers present 'Lest We Forget', at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Port Hope, November 7 1999 e) A promotional poster for a Friends of Music event

Series includes various election advertisements and materials for Port Hope. a) Urban Preliminary List of Electors, including Town of Port Hope, 1972 b) 'A Proposal for a New Regional Municipality- The Great Pine Ridge'j c) Christine Stewart, House of Commons Report, 1991 d) Joan Frederickson, Town Council election, 1975 e) 'Elect Rod Stewart, Deputy Reeve, 1985 f) Vote and Elect Wilf Day' g) Elect Stewart Strathy, Reeve', 1985 'h) Vote John Gimblett for Council, Town of Port Hope' i) 'Vote Cyril (Bus) Hewson for Mayor, Town of Port Hope, j) George K. Humphreys, Trustee, Town of Port Hope and Hope Township

A sepia coloured photograph of 37 children both standng and sitting outside the Perrytown Schoolhouse. Reverse side indicates the studio of "E.B. Neal, Port Hope, Ont", a popular Port Hope photographer in the 1890's.

A sepia coloured photograph of 37 children both standng and sitting outside the Perrytown Schoolhouse. Reverse side indicates the studio of "E.B. Neal, Port Hope, Ont", a popular Port Hope photographer in the 1890's.

Knoxville Church photographs in a decorative frame. This donation consists of: a) 7" x 10" print of the front and side exterior of Knoxville church b) 2" x 4.25" photograph of front exterior of Knoxville Church c) A small decorative wooden frame with a leaf pattern in the four corners, glass front and wood backboard.

Knoxville Church photographs in a decorative frame. This donation consists of: a) 7" x 10" print of the front and side exterior of Knoxville church b) 2" x 4.25" photograph of front exterior of Knoxville Church c) A small decorative wooden frame with a leaf pattern in the four corners, glass front and wood backboard.

The item is a promotional ink blotter for the F. G. Cotter & Co. in Port Hope, 1940.

The item is a small booklet entitled The Story of a Home "Dunain" 1857-1957

Item is a black and white photograph of Sunny Brae Cottage taken from a distance. Located on Thomas St., Port Hope

Fonds consists of records documenting Richard P. (Dick) Smith's student career at TCS, including academics, athletics and the cadets corp.

Included are photographs, athletic uniforms, plaques, badges, pennants and banners.

Fonds includes photographs documenting Bickle's life from infancy to young adulthood. Many of the photographs depict Bickle at summer camp or on board boats.

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. For more detailed information, please refer to file and item-level descriptions.

Series consists of documents related to the Olde Tyme Christmas, including: Programs, 1988-1991 for Old Tyme Christmas; Print list and lists; Chamber of Commerce newsletter - advertising Old Tyme Christmas; Miscellaneous notes and correspondence; Ticket Stubs; Signs and posters; Foam board sign; Photograph labels (30 pages); Receipt book; Newspaper clippings.

Collection consists of a large amount of information on Port Hope, the former Township of Hope (Hope Township), and surrounding area. Some of the subjects covered are family histories, churches, hydro power, organizations, clubs and societies, floods, Port Hope harbour, historical information on the town and area, houses, public buildings, industry and small businesses, railways, viaducts and bridges along with original newspapers reflecting on the history of Port Hope as well as information on municipal matters and various government reports. The historical information covers a period from the mid-19th century to 2000. The fonds also consists of a large number of photographs. It also consists of a number of newspaper editions including special editions.
It has been arranged into twelve (12) series: (1) Family Histories; (2) Churches; (3) Hydro Power (Eldorado; Port Hope Hydro); (4) Organizations / Clubs / Societies; (5) Floods and Flood Control (Port Hope Floods; Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority; Corbett's Pond and Dam; Port Hope Harbour); (6) Historical Information on Port Hope and Hope Township (General Historical Information on Port Hope; Historical Information on Port Hope Houses; Historical Information on Port Hope Public Buildings); (7) Railways / Viaducts / Bridges; (8) Industry and Small Businesses; (9) Municipal Matters in Port Hope / Government Reports; (10) Books, Posters, Maps and Glass Negatives; (11) Newspapers; (12) Photographs. (*Series' are adapted from various accession numbers in the fonds)

File consists of documents regarding the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority's channelization project, 1980-1983. It includes: "Floods Force Port Hope to Change" Toronto Star, 10 Jan 1983; "Engineer's report on Port Hope channelization project comments," 25 Apr 1980; image from 20 Oct 1983; image from 20 Jul 1983; "Ganny blasting starts Monday," 15 Aug 1983; "Town Pursuing more land acquisitions downtown," 15 Apr 1980; "Ganny blasts boosted;" "Channelization report ready for approval," 8 Sep 1981.

History written by a long time employee of Port Hope Hydro. History includes the early days of Hydro-electricity in Port Hope until ca. 1968. Discusses changes in Hydro.