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Chester Beachell Fonds
CA ON00419 BCH · Fonds · 1943-1991

The fonds includes records related to Chester Beachell’s life and career, including audio recordings, textual records, three video cassettes, a scrapbook, circuit drawings, graphs, and a few photographs. All 94 audio cassettes appear to be copies of hydrophone or other recordings from the different projects that Beachell participated in from 1970 to 1974. There are also some recordings of talks given by Beachell or associates during roughly the same time period. The textual records cover most of his career and include press clippings, reprints or copies of articles he wrote, trade literature, other reference works, typed speeches, and two drafts of the memoir written in tribute to his wife, “My Life with Marg: Fifty Wonderful Years.” The scrapbook covers his early career working for radio station CJGX Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Videos include: a film produced by the NFB on Chester Beachell’s trip to New York to accept the John Grierson International Gold Medal presented to him by SMPTE; a closed-circuit telecast recording of a SMPTE Canadian Section meeting ca. 1963; and, a video compilation of NFB “archivals” or clips that must have been meaningful to Beachell. The materials have been arranged by the archivist into six series: BCH-1 – Early career; BCH-2 NFB project files; BCH-3 – Sound recordings; BCH-4 – Videos; BCH-5 – Publications and talks; and BCH-6 – Reference works and miscellaneous.

Beachell, Chester, 1915-2002
Edward F. G. White fonds
CA ON00259 SC57 · Fonds · 1884-1934

Fonds consists of Ted White’s daily diaries, bird observation journals, and notes and correspondence regarding time spent on the R.M.S. Nascopie, in the Canadian Arctic.

There are 29 daily diaries in this fonds. Most of these volumes contain daily appointments, travel itineraries, some bird sighting notes, addresses and accounts. The later books tend to have more bird sighting notes than the earlier ones. Four of these are slightly more
specialized and contain different information. These are the notebook of game shot, Alaska bird notes, a field diary, and a notebook with correspondence and bird list relating to the Eastern Arctic Patrol. The notebook of game shot lists the specimens White collected between 1893 and 1896, where they were collected, how many of each species were collected, and his accounts for his game shooting expeditions. The Alaska bird notes list
the birds sighted, and where they were seen, each day during a trip to Alaska in the summer of 1923. The field notes diary records birds sighted, as well as observations regarding behaviour. The notebook relating to the Eastern Arctic Patrol contains notes about the patrol, a note about 3 specimens of black ducks, a list of birds sighted during the patrol, and a map of the 1934 Eastern Arctic Patrol which shows its path and itinerary.

There are three bird observation journals. They cover the years from 1884 to 1911. The first book has a list of the species of specimens he collected, their sex, how many of each species, and their value. The rest of the book and the two other volumes have bird observation entries organized first by year and then by species. Each note indicates when in the year each species was spotted, and how common it was when seen. These are not very detailed notes.

Lastly, this fonds contains a folder of notes, correspondence, observations, copies of reports, meeting minutes, press releases, and maps regarding White’s trip aboard the R.M.S. Nascopie in 1934. This was part of the Eastern Arctic Patrol, and most of the materials deal with various issues surrounding bird life in the Arctic. He was asked to report on four issues specifically: keeping track of migratory birds, report on the relationship between natives and bird life, the possibility of developing an eider duck industry to aid in conservation, and to observe waterfowl species. There are reports by White dealing with each of these specific issues.

White, Edward F. G.
Edmund William Waltho fonds
CA ON00259 SC56 · Fonds · 1936-1964

Fonds consists of Waltho's bird observation journals.

Waltho organized his journals in two different ways; daily accounts of bird observations, or monthly summaries of the species observed in Toronto. The first ten volumes (Files 1-5) in this fonds are the daily observation journals, which date from 1954 to 1964. There is no volume for 1959. These are yearly diaries that Waltho used to record observations on the days he went bird watching. The notes are generally limited to the species spotted (referred to by their common names) and where he was when he observed them. Occasionally, Waltho notes information on birds nests that he found and the number of eggs observed.

The last five volumes (Files 6-10) are his monthly summaries of bird observations from Toronto. These are from 1936 to 1958, but not all intervening years are represented. These volumes are set up like a checklist - the first page lists the bird species and the other sheets check off the species observed each day in a month, with a total at the bottom of each column for the number of birds seen each day. The first volume also has a collection of 76 Wonder Trails by Ellsworth Jaeger, which are short newspaper stories about different species of wildlife, with an accompanying drawing of that animal in its daily life.

Waltho, Edmund William
Burlington Post Archives
Collection · 1968-2008

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 Post
Garden Club of Burlington
Fonds · 1961-2002

Fonds predominantly consists of photographic albums and scrapbooks created and accumulated by the Garden Club of Burlington.

Fritz Lehmann fonds
CA ON00419 LEH · Fonds · 1824-2012, predominant 1965-1994

The fonds reflects Lehmann’s research on Canadian railway development and its sources of locomotives. He conducted research on companies that built locomotives in Halifax, Saint John, Montreal, Toronto, and Hamilton, but there is also an entire series of research files on the succession of companies in Kingston, including particularly the Canadian Locomotive Company. The fonds is arranged into the following nine series: LEH-1) Articles and Talks (1965-1994); LEH-2) Canadian Locomotive Builders Project (1969-1994) on his book project; LEH-3) Canadian Locomotive Builders (1824-1990) LEH-4) Canadian Railway Shops (1859-1900); LEH-5) Canadian Locomotive Co. (1845-1991); LEH-6) Miscellaneous reference files (1858-1985); LEH-7) Locomotives and Railways, Articles and Books (1876-2000); LEH-8) Photos and Slides (1852-1987); et LEH-9) Additional Material (1884-1999). The last series, LEH-9, includes all the material transferred in the 2023 accrual.

Lehmann, Fritz, 1936-1994
Item · 1907-1944

The fonds consists of one ledger containing the minutes and financial records of the Trustees of S.S. No. 6 Perry’s Corners School between the years 1907 and 1944.

S.S. No. 6 Blenheim, Perry's Corners School
Stephen Sebastyan Fonds
CA ON00420 SBN · Fonds · 1928-2006

Fonds contains records created and gathered over the course of Stephen Sebastyan’s career as a public servant, educator, and engineer. The fonds also includes records related to his education, his Second World War experience, and his experience immigrating to Canada. The records predominantly show his work with the Department of Transport where he was responsible for the creation of the policies, standards and guidelines as well as directing all construction and development projects for Canada’s airports. The fonds has been arranged into four series: SBN-1 AK Manuals; SBN-2 Education and Early Career Files; SBN-3 Transport Canada and Late Career Files; and SBN-4 Photographs and Lecture slides.

Sebastyan, Stephen, 1928-2010
L. L. Snyder fonds
CA ON00259 SC50 · Fonds · ca. 1950

Fonds consists primarily of an unfinished manuscript for "A compendium of Ontario ornithology". Fonds also includes correspondence and new clippings.

Snyder, L. L. (Lester Lynne)
Collection · [1980-1982]

Newspaper clippings from the Reflections column written by Gwelda Fontaine as well a historical sketch of the Garnham family name and other news articles relating to Burlington’s history.

Collection · 1992-1995

Collection consists of 9 video recordings covering local history content for Burlington and surrounding areas.

Pioneer Film Productions
Collection · [1980-1990]

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.

Hamilton Spectator
Fonds · 1910-2001

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.

Bird, Roland L.
CA ON00419 CPD · Collection · ca.1881-1960

The collection consists of technical records of CPR's Mechanical Department created as they built and maintained the railway’s steam fleet. Before the drawing process began, the Chief Mechanical Engineer would determine the locomotive’s amount of power output and the size of cylinders. The driving wheels and boiler pressure had to be designed together with the wheel arrangement to meet the specified weight and clearance restrictions. Once this was determined the drawing was produced on paper, then traced on linen. All drawings were done by hand using a triangle and compass. When completed, the drawing would be signed off by the chief mechanical engineer.

Original drawings never left the CPR headquarters in Montreal, instead a negative of the drawing would be sent to the various shops throughout Canada. There they would print as many Vandyke copies of the drawing needed. When an original drawing was determined to be invalid due to its subject being cancelled or redesigned, due to new standards or because it was subject to damage, it was superseded by a new drawing. The original drawing would have an S placed on it with a reference to the new drawing number. It was also evident if a drawing was a replacement for a superseded original because of a letter at the end of a drawing’s number, for instance drawing E-58-L-0325-B.

In 1907, 350 drawings were required to create the engine and tender, by 1928 it took 1100 drawings. This fact, and the increased number of staff, indicates the growth and importance of the Mechanical Engineering Department.

The collection is comprised of three series. Series CPD-1 consists of 25,066 technical drawings of CP steam locomotives. Series CPD-2 is a card index with circa 15 metres of cards. The Department used index cards to organize and track the drawings, including, for example, indicating which drawings had been superseded. Series CPD-3 consists of 27 booklets, a partial set of drawing lists issued for specific locomotive classes. CPR engineering and car department drawings are not included in the collection.

Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Mechanical Department
CA ON00279 F01-SF10 · Sous-fonds · 1941-2014

This sous-fonds contains records pertaining to Sister Margaret Ferris’s education, professional career, artistic endeavors, personal life, and travels. Sister Margaret Ferris was an avid academic and eventually became an instructor. There are various records from her academic pursuits present here, including her many degrees and certificates, research notes, papers, theses, report cards, transcripts, photographs, a scrapbook, and regalia from her Doctorate commencement ceremony. Based on her areas of interest in her studies, she wrote and published a book in 1993 called Compassioning: Basic Counselling Skills for Christian Care-Givers which was translated into Chinese in 2010. Drafts, correspondence with publishers, English and Chinese editions of the book, and material from the book launching party are included. There are also records from when she was teaching. These records are primarily concerned with her career as an instructor at St. Peter’s Seminary and the adaptations of Compassioning: Basic Counselling Skills for Christian Care-Givers as course books for classes at the University of Western Ontario, but there is also a speech by Sister Margaret and her Stewards in Catholic Education Award.

Sister Margaret was an artist, and she created the design for the cards and pamphlets of the congregation’s 2004 Jubilee celebration, which was her Golden Jubilee. Original artworks, preliminary sketches, and replicas are included in this sous-fonds. She was also an avid traveler and photographs, travel diaries, a scrapbook, and ephemera from these trips are present. She made trips to Yellowknife, Quebec, Peru, Florida, California, Rome, and a pilgrimage to France. On the trip to Rome, she acted as a correspondent for the Catholic News Times. There are also personal memorabilia, such as photographs, scrapbooks, a papal blessing, a yearbook from St. Patrick’s High School where she was principal, and an invitation to the 1976 Opening of the Ontario Legislature reception.

Ferris, Margaret
Item · 1836, 1855-1986

The fonds consists of records related to the Minkler family, many who were born and/or lived in Oxford County, and is arranged into the following Series:

Series 1: Genealogical lineages

  • Minkler
  • Hyde-Sawyer
  • McDonald
  • Janes
  • Erskine
    Series 2: Correspondence
    Series 3: Photographs (Photocopies)
    Series 4: Miscellaneous
Luz, Jessie Elvira Minkler
Item · [18- ] – 1976, nd.

The fonds consists of records related to John N. Chambers and family and is arranged into the following Series:

Series 1: Genealogy
Subseries A: Family histories and trees
Subseries B: Marriage
Subseries C: Wills
Subseries D: Deaths and Cemeteries
Subseries E: Insurance and Tax Assessments
Subseries F: Photographs
Subseries G: Miscellaneous
Series 2: Land Records
Series 3: Correspondence
Series 4: Letters to the Editor
Series 5: Journals
Series 6: Financial
Series 7: Agriculture
Series 8: Community
Subseries A: Education
Subseries B: Religion
Subseries C: Local Government
Subseries D: Organizations and businesses
Subseries E: Miscellaneous

Chambers, John N.
Item · 1979

The fonds consists of four scrapbooks of newspaper clippings concerning the tornados that struck Woodstock and surrounding area on August 7, 1979.

Ross, Don
Item · 1905-2000

The fonds consists of photographs and corresponding records related to McCorquodale family picnics held in Oxford County between 1905 and 2000.

McCorqudoale family