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C42 · Collection · 2015

Collection consists of materials produced to celebrate 100 years of the poem in Flanders Fields by John McCrae. Included is a pamphlet outlining the events and speakers for the unveiling of the John McCrae Statue. There is also two booklets "In Flanders Fields at 100: Time to Remember" published by the Guelph Mercury and "John McCrae in Flanders Fields" published by New Smallprint Press.

Irving H. Cameron
CA ON00335 F2067 · Fonds · 1866-1932

The fonds includes material Cameron collected on six topics: John Ambery, the Ontario Medical College for Women, the Trinity College Company of the Queen's Own Rifles, Beverly Jones, the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of John Strachan's Birth, and the fire that destroyed Old Trinity (the University of Trinity College at Queen Street West). Materials include letters, newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes.

Irving Heward Cameron
J. Allan Walters fonds
CA ON00335 F2029 · Fonds · 1908-1990

Fonds consists of extensive correspondence from Dr Walters to his parents, his brother and sister from 1925 to 1945, when he wrote home every few days. They cover student life at Queen's University and more extensively at Trinity College, his working experiences on a Great Lakes steamer, his early married life, his experiences during the Second World War and his career as a doctor.

Contains series:

  1. Trinity College
  2. Correspondence
  3. Dr Kathleen Wark Walters
  4. Medical notes
  5. Personal
  6. Subject Files
Walters, J. Allan
Jean Eagles Watson fonds
CA ON00126 F88 · Fonds · [194-?] - [199-?]

The fonds consists of one scrapbook documenting Jean Eagles Watson’s activities in the Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division.

The scrapbook includes pages with captions on the top of the page that serves to organize the contents. The following is the order in which the captions to these pages are found: Farewell Gifts from G.G.H (1942) On leave Prior to Posting to RockCliffe, RockCliffe Ottawa Basic Training, No 1, T.T.S St. Thomas, Ontario (1945); No.4 Wireless School, Guelph Ontario (1945); 89 Entry A Flight I.G. Inspection; My Trip to Ward 300 Hospital St. Thomas (1943); Cards I received while in Ward 300; Hospital Staff 1944; 20th birthday (1944); and Odds and Ends.

There are photographs throughout the scrapbook some of which are captioned and or include the names of those pictured. Included are photographs of Jean Watson.

Jean Eagles Watson
CA ON00126 C22 · Collection · [191-], [198-]

Collection consists of letters, photographs, and postcards received by way of correspondence between Linda Kearns, former archivist, and Jim G. Dempsey. The photographs and postcards are of soldiers in military dress or uniform. Included are pictures of William Pearson a Guelph native who died in the First World War. Other photographs include civilians, possibly relatives of Mr. Dempsey, and photographs of a pilgrimage he took to the battlefields of the First World War in the 1980s.

The textual components consist of three letters one written by William Pearson and another by a comrade who served with him. A third letter was addressed to Mrs. Pearson by an army chaplain. This letter provided news of her son’s death. Also of interest is a Guelph Evening Mercury Newspaper edition with an article about William Pearson’s death.

There is no further arrangement to these records.

John G. Hadwen fonds
CA ON00335 F2307 · Fonds · 1947-2000

Fonds consists of research material gathered by John Hadwen as source material for his manuscript on the Colombo Plan. He appears to have worked on this project at two different points: during a year leave to study in Geneva in 1971-72 and after his retirement in 1987. Included are original documents and later photocopies of External Affairs documents, published material, internal printed documents for delegates to Colombo Plan Consultative Committee meetings, correspondence, briefing notes, and draft manuscripts. The final copy of Hadwen's manuscript on the Colombo Plan, and his correspondence with a publisher, are also included.

Contains series

  1. Writings by John Hadwen
  2. Personal files
  3. The Colombo Plan
Hadwen, John G.
John Ambery
CA ON00335 F2060 · Fonds · 1842 - 1903

The fonds consists of a letter book and an itemized list of the contents of that letter book. A significant portion of the correspondence is in regard to a letter published in The Globe on 2 February 1875. The fonds also includes a poem titled "College Vagaries."

John Ambery
John David Higinbotham fonds
CA ON00126 F26 · Fonds · [192-]-[196-?]

This fonds consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, letters, poetry, radio scripts, biographies and obituaries of local people and scrapbooks created, collected and or maintained by John David Higinbotham. The newspaper clippings are from the Guelph Mercury and include the Lore of Bygone Days and Glancing back to District’s Early days. The letters contain information about Guelph such as people’s reminisces of the city or requests for information pertaining to histories of various townships. Of note are letters received from Alexander Tilloch Galt, the grandson of John Galt, providing information on Alexander Galt’s family and friends. The photographs include images of a camp at Puslinch Lake, Rockwood Academy, and of poet Wallace Havelock Robb. These records document Higinbotham’s interest in local history. These records are arranged by subject.

Higinbotham, John David
John Strachan collection
CA ON00335 C2021 · Collection · [1778-1868]

The collection includes correspondence from every period of Strachan's life, official documents, notes, and writings.

Strachan, John
John W. Holmes fonds
CA ON00335 F2260 · Fonds · [187-]-1991, predominant 1930-1991

The fonds consists of textual material and photographs. Much of the material relates to articles, speeches, books, book chapters, radio/television scripts, and book reviews written by JWH in the areas of Canadian foreign policy and international organization. As well, there is material relating to conferences and seminars in which he participated and organizations with which he was involved, files on his teaching at Glendon College, the University of Toronto, and Leeds University and his doctoral students, files of business and personal correspondence, material collected for his two-volume work, <i>The Shaping of Peace</i>, family and professional memorabilia.

Contains series

  1. Articles
  2. Speeches
  3. Books
  4. Book Chapters
  5. Radio & Television
  6. Book Reviews
  7. Conferences, Seminars, Convocations
  8. Glendon College, University of Toronto, Leeds University
  9. PhD Students
  10. Comments on Others’ Papers/Interviews with JWH
  11. CIIA Fellowships
  12. Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto
  13. Other Organizations & Institutions
  14. Miscellaneous Correspondence
  15. Papers Collected for The Shaping of Peace
  16. Personal Correspondence
  17. University Activities
  18. Miscellany
  19. Death/Memorials
  20. Photographs
Holmes, John W.
Joseph Herman Molohon fonds
CA ON00159 P146 · Fonds · 1907-1909

The Joseph Herman Molohon fonds consists of transcripts of two diaries (one from December 1907 to December 1908 and the second from January to December 1909) attesting to Molohon's duties as Seaman Second Class on the SS Virginia during the 14 month tour of the Great White Fleet (16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909). There are also notes on his daily work and activities after being discharged from the US Navy. Moreover the daily entries while on the SS Virginia also document many events that took place either on the ship or within the fleet, that consisted of sixteen new battleships of the Atlantic Fleet. To name a few: President Roosevelt’s presence on ship; National Salute; and burial ceremony. Molohon also offered accounts of visits to different ports of call in countries such as Egypt, Japan, Australia and Trinidad.

Molohon, Joseph Herman
CA ON00126 C21 · Collection · 1832-1987, predominant 1832-1896

Collection consists primarily of deeds and mortgages pertaining to land and administrative transactions in the Guelph area. Many of the records in this collection deal with the properties located on lot 13 Albert Street of the Thompson Survey or with properties on lots 48 and 49 on the north side of Quebec Street.

This collection also contains records related to the property at 72 Macdonell Street consisting of mortgage papers, deeds and a floor plan. Also included are deeds issued by the Canada Company. Other records include marriage licenses and certificates, an adoption agreement, a bankruptcy notice, and wills.

There is no further arrangement to these records.

Leanna Neal fonds
CA ON00126 F62 · Fonds · [193-]-[199-]

Fonds consists of Guelph Little Theatre programme guides, photographs of theatre facilities, notes on the theatre's history, constitution and by-law records, president's reports, and reviews created and or accumulated by Leanna Neal during the course of her research activities into the theatre's history. Also included is an audio cassette and transcribed interview with Keith Slater.

Fonds is arranged by subject.

Neal, Leanna
Leone Hinds fonds
CA ON00126 F78 · Fonds · [194-?], 1959, 1962, 1986, predominant 1977

Fonds consists of records accumulated by Leone Hinds related to Guelph's Sesquicentennial in 1977. Included are pamphlets and booklets outlining the activities, lectures and other events held to celebrate Guelph's 150th birthday. There are also six postcards of various Guelph buildings and one plastic bag with the slogan "Keep Guelph Clean and Beautiful." Also of interest is a Guelph Public Library Rules and Regulations booklet.

The photographs document a wedding as it relates to several Guelph residents. A more detailed account of the activities of some of those pictured accompanies the photographs.

Hinds, Leone, 1938-
Lina Agnes Duke fonds
CA ON00159 P233 · Fonds · n.d.

The Lina Agnes Duke fonds consists of four typed copies of recollections written by Lina Agnes Duke. Two of the texts are about the couple’s time in Northern Ontario, more specifically in Moose Factory, and two short texts are on her teen years. The fonds provides an insight and perspective of non-indigenous missionaries visiting Indigenous communities of Northern Ontario.

Duke, Lina Agnes
CA ON00126 C7 · Collection · [ca.1845] - [2023?]

This collection consists of published and unpublished books, booklets, pamphlets, essays, and other assorted material collected by the Guelph Public Library that document the history of Guelph.

These items are arranged sequentially by an old reference code (P).

Margaret Machell fonds
CA ON00335 F2289 · Fonds · 1978

The fonds consists of records relating to the Larkin-Stuart Lecture on church furnishings, deliv-ered on 14 November 1978 including drafts, research materials and slides.

Margaret Machell
Marguerite Joyce Mudge
CA ON00335 F2092 · Fonds · 1922-1988

The fonds contains correspondence, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and other items relating mainly to Convocation. The fonds further consists of ephemera and printed material relating to Trinity College collected by both M. Joyce Mudge and Gordon M. Mudge. The fonds contains three black and white photographs.

Marguerite Joyce Mudge
Mary E. White fonds
CA ON00335 F2005 · Fonds · 1873-1976, predominant 1947-1976

The fonds includes five series. Series one consists of correspondence files of organizations Mary E. White was involved with, in particular the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the Classical Association of Canada, and of general correspondence. Series two consists of files of writings, speeches, talks, and lectures by Professor White, including an unpublished manuscript of a book on the Peisistratidai and a University of Toronto Convocation address to honour courses in the humanities. Series three consists of examination papers, mainly from Trinity College, Oxford, and Newnham College, Oxford, for the period 1873-1894. Series four consists of files of reading and lecture notes in Greek and Roman history. Series five consists of papers and off-prints of works by other people, probably in large part manuscripts received for publication in "Phoenix."

White, Mary Estelle, 1908-1977
Mary Stedman fonds
CA ON00335 F2339 · Fonds · 1935-1944

Fonds consists of essays, documents, photographs and one artefact from Mary Stedman’s time at high school and Trinity College.

Mary Stedman