The fonds consists of the Brooklin WI's minute books, Tweedsmuir histories, and financial records. Records are arranged chronologically in subject files.
Brooklin Women's InstituteThe fonds consists of records related to the history and development of the Brookdale Women’s Institute. Additionally, the fonds contains information and records pertaining to the communities in Southern Oxford County.
It is arranged into the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Brooksdale Tweedsmuir Volumes 1-5 (1820-2011)
Series 2: Women’s Institute Miscellaneous (1909, 1918, 1920, 1923-2017)
- Subseries A – Quilts
- Subseries B – Programs
Series 3: Scrapbooks (1984-2000)
Series 4: Tweedsmuir History (2001-2017)
- Subseries A – 2001-2002
- Subseries B – 2003-2004
- Subseries C – 2005-2007
- Subseries D – 2008-2009
- Subseries E – 2010
- Subseries F – 2011-2012
- Subseries G – 2013-2014
- Subseries H – 2015-2016
- Subseries I - 2017
Series 5: Brooksdale Minute Books (1922-2018)
Brooksdale Women's Institute, Oxford District, Southern AreaThe fonds consists of records related to the history and activities of the Brownsville Optimist Club formerly located in Brownsville, Ontario. They are arranged into the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Charter Banquet, 1 June 1974
Series 2: Executive Officers’ Photographs
File 1: 1974 - 1980
File 2: 1980 - 1990
File 3: 1990 - 1995
The collection consists of large bound ledger books and photographic negatives capturing Burlington’s history as documented by The Burlington Post covering local news from the late 20th century to the dawn of the new millennium.
Burlington PostThe fonds consists of minute books, cash books, various Women’s Institute publications and volume 1 of the Tweedsmuir history of the Camden East Women’s Institute. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Series 1: Minutes Series 2: Publications Series 3: Tweedsmuir history
Camden East Women’s InstituteCollection of materials relating to the Canada Optical Company in Deseronto, Ontario, including photographs, promotional materials, newspaper and magazine articles and summary of employee benefits.
The materials were collected by Don Simpson, former general manager of the Deseronto plant.
Canada Optical CompanyThe Canadian Club of Belleville's fonds contains eight minute books and the following fourteen files:
materials related to the Association of Canadian Clubs including annual reports, invitations, policies and procedures, publications, and conference materials
two files of information pertaining to speakers presenting at the Canadian Club of Belleville
documents relating to the Club's executive
financial documents such as financial reports
regulations and governance papers of the Canadian Club of Belleville
items relating to the Club's membership
newsletters and other published materials distributed to members
newspaper clippings from special events and undertakings
real estate contracts
correspondence
ephemera
three folders of news clippings
*one cloth banner 'The Association of Canadian Clubs'
The fonds consist of various materials related to the activities of the Woodstock Branch of the Canadian Federation of University Women and is arranged into the following series and subseries:
Series 1 – Constitution, By-laws, Pamphlets, Historical Notes (1955-1999)
Series 2 - Membership
a) General Membership (1956-1999)
b) Executive (1965-1999)
Series 3 – Reports: Financial and Committee (30 April 1956 – 8 December 1999)
Series 4 – Correspondence
a) General Correspondence (7 March 1957 – 30 September 1987)
b) General Correspondence (4 October 1987 – 13 December 2000)
c) Scholarship Correspondence (24 October 1986 – 19 May 1999)
d) Scholarship Correspondence (7 June 1999 – 8 October 1999)
Series 5 – Report (September 1967 – September 1998)
Series 6 - Bingo/Lottery Licenses (31 December 1992 – 8 December 1999)
Series 7 – Bulletins (September 1966 – December 1984)
Series 8 – Disbandment (28 April 1999 – 4 June 1999)
Canadian Federation of University Women – Woodstock BranchThis collection consists of correspondence, reports, lists, ballots, newsletters, and publications created by Canadian flower societies.
This collection consists of bulletins; newsletters; yearbooks; correspondence; articles; pamphlets; registries; annual reports; member lists; judge list; officer list; newspaper clippings; constitutions and by-laws; application forms; board of directors documents; and a flower show programme.
This collection consists of textbooks; correspondence; articles; pamphlets; newspaper articles; bulletins; guidebooks; booklets; registration forms; maps; master plans; inventories; indexes; publications; slides; reports; conference and symposium programmes; speaker biographies; mailing lists; business cards; hand-written notes; photocopied articles and appendices; presentations; and reference lists created by Canadian conference organizers and their participants with a focus on horticulture, landscape, garden history, and historical farms and museums.
This collection consists of yearbooks; annual reports; newsletters, handbooks; prize lists; constitutions and by-laws; board of director information; lists of presidents; correspondence; a newspaper clipping; programmes; show announcements; booklets; emblems; publications; hand-written notes; a petition; rules and regulations; proceedings of an annual convention; show books; bulletins; pamphlets; articles; a presentation; and member lists.
This fonds consists of the administrative records of the Dutton and Dunwich Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society, and are divided into the following series:
-Minutes, 1939-1946; 1982-1986
-Correspondence, 1941-1959
-Financial records, 1941-1967
-Miscellaneous records, ca. 1970-ca. 2000
This fonds would be of interest to researchers studying the origin and development of the Canadian Red Cross, the Canadian Red Cross Dutton/Dunwich Branch in particular, the lives of Second World War Servicemen and service organizations in Canada and Ontario in general.
Fonds consist of 3 Tweedsmuir scrapbooks compiled by the Cannifton Corbyville Women's Institute. Also included are 2 minute books and 1 binder of president's notes. Books contain newsclippings, photographs, minutes, brochures, expenditures, handwritten notes, poems, maps and reports of local history and the Cannifton Corbyville Women's Institute. Subjects covered within the scrapbooks are programmes, banquets and miscellaneous events.
Cannifton Corbyville Women's InstituteFonds consists of newspapers, photographs, financials, and personal documents relating to the professional and private lives of Carl Mantz, including his wife Elizabeth Gibson. Included in the fonds are records pertaining to the purchase and maintenance of the Whitby Weekly News building, correspondence and letters regarding his enlistment in the RCAF, programs and background information for the Ten Centuries concerts, and the meeting minutes for his initiatives concerning Whitby senior citizens. Of particular interest are the newspaper photographs which represent various events, people, and places of Whitby in the 1950s and 1960s. The fonds is composed of the following series: Elizabeth G. Gibson records, 1969; Personal records, 1931-1980; Community Involvement records, 1962-1975; Financial records, 1938-1971; Clippings; and Photograph 1950s-1960s.
Carl A. Mantz (Alfred)Fonds consist of three Tweedsmuir scrapbooks compiled by the Carmel Women's Institute and nine volumes of minute books.
The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, and reports of local history and the Carmel Women's Institute. Subjects covered within the scrapbooks are World War II, excursions of the group, local businesses and news about the community.
The minute books cover the years 1949-2001 and include accounting information for the Institute. Some have lists of meetings, attendance registers and lists of members.
Carmel Women's InstituteThe Catharine Dixon fonds consists mainly of handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, reports and minutes. The documentation files cover different aspects of the history of Elliot Lake. Among the subjects are the economic activities, the demography, and the politics of Elliot Lake. The files were created by Catharine Dixon while researching for her book The Power and the Promise: the Elliot Lake story.
Dixon, CatharineCollection consists of various historic Port Hope materials, 1873-1960. Please refer to series, file, and item-level descriptions for more detailed information.
Fonds consists of various papers created and collected by the family and descendants of Nathan Choate, 1817-1975. It documents the history of members of the family, as well as local buildings, churches, businesses, and the history of the Municipality of Port Hope.
Choate (family)Fonds documents Christopher F. Beattie's administrative, teaching, research and publication activities as a sociology professor at York University for the period of 1959-1977. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Professorial files Personal papers Correspondence and Files Research Files Manuscripts and Typescripts
Beattie, Christopher Fraser, 1941-1977