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Fonds consists of textual records, sound recordings, photographs, and maps created and received by Elie Martel during his activities as MPP for the riding of Sudbury East, as a member of various select and standing committees, as NDP Health and Safety critic, as NDP Workers' Compensation Board critic, and as coordinator of hearings on safety and development in youth amateur hockey.

The fonds also contains textual records created and received by Elie Martel relating to matters concerning the New Democratic Party, including records related to Party policy and strategy.

Textual material consists of bulletins, constituency case files, contact information, correspondence, drafts and transcriptions of speeches, election files, invitations, legislative records, press releases, news clippings, newsletters, notes, pamphlets, personal files, publications, research documentation on various legislative issues, and related records.

The fonds also includes cassette recordings of the 1984 Hearings on Safety and Development in Youth Amateur Hockey, annotated maps related to highways within Mr. Martel's constituency, and photographs related to constituency complaints.

The fonds consists of three series.

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Fonds consists of the professional and personal records of D'Arcy Martin. Fonds includes correspondence, memos, minutes, reports, posters, photographs, publications and presentations created and used by D'Arcy Martin in his role as an adult educator, trainer, labour arts supporter, social activist and an education co-coordinator for various unions. The records document Martin's activities in the numerous workshops, seminars and strategic planning sessions that he conducted on such topics as education, unions, training and worker-management relations for a variety of unions and community organizations.

Fonds also includes records that document Martin's writing projects, his consulting contracts and his involvement with various community and political organizations.

Fonds also consists of sound and video recordings of D'Arcy Martin participating in radio interviews and presenting at a variety of conferences. The subjects of these recordings include: Martin's career as a labour activist; the Canadian labour movement in the 1990s; the Communications and Electrical Workers of Canada (CWC); the Labour Council of Metropolitan Toronto; the Canadian Institute; the International Technology Association of Canada (ITAC); and the Stelco steel company.

Fonds also includes Martin's personal records, ranging in date from childhood to student years at the University of Toronto and adulthood. His educational records are from Hillfield College, Trinity College School and University of Toronto for his three university degrees. Personal records also include correspondence with friends and family, and photographs.

Lastly, the fonds consists of posters documenting Martin's direct involvement in a number of labour movements, social causes, and arts festivals in Toronto and abroad. A selection of the posters pertain directly to Better Read, a printing and publishing operation that existed in Toronto in the 1970s and printed socially relevant material to the public education work that Martin was involved with at the time.

Fonds has been arranged and described into 13 series.

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The fonds consists of records related to the ship-building heritage of the Ditchburn family, in particular Ditchburn Boats Limited, a boat building company owned and operated by Herbert Ditchburn in the Muskoka region of Ontario.

Fonds includes correspondence, notes and designs related to patent applications for boat parts invented by Herbert Ditchburn and for boat designs as well as general business documentation for the Ditchburn Boats Limited and its predecessors.

Fonds also consists of historical records and information about various shipbuilding companies owned by the Ditchburn family, including the Ditchburn and Mare Shipbuilding Company, which operated in England and built ships for Queen Elizabeth I to defeat the Spanish Armada as well as records related to Ditchburn family members.

Also includes material related to particular boats built by Ditchburn Boats Ltd. including boats built for the RCMP, the RCAF, raceboats that competed in the America's Cup and other speed boat races, in particular a series of boats built for Betty Estelle Carstairs.

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Fonds consists of the general records of the Natural History League and contains minutes of meetings, annual reports, correspondence, project submissions, information on the membership, reports and other material related to its activities.
The fonds includes the records of the Natural Heritage Co-ordinator as well as those of the League's principal committees: the Natural Heritage League Co-ordinating Committee, the Natural Heritage Stewardship Sub-Committee and the Natural Heritage League Action List Review Sub-Committee.

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Fonds consists of two volumes of cash books detailing sales transactions of the William Mattice & Sons grocery store.

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Fonds consists of three handwritten volumes, two cash books and one account book, which contain the business records of William Tench, Charles Tench, and John Forster.

Fonds includes a cash book kept by William Tench from 1827 to 1840 in which he recorded expenses, goods sold, and payment for jobs in relation to the operation of a general merchant business and a farm. The cash book also served as a diary in which he recorded various activities. Entries were made for such things as payments for tanning a calfskin and for getting straw into a barn, sales of tea, sugar, and other groceries, remedies for various physical ailments, listings of "produce of farm", and a "journey to Toronto with 5 fat hogs".

Also included is an account book kept by William Tench and John Forster from 1802 to 1803 which has records apparently relating to the operation of a mill. Entries are made for barley, wheat, oats, and bran including names of customers and prices. Included in the account book is an index listing customers' names.

The account book was also used by Charles Tench from 1852 to 1880 for business records related to the construction of houses.

Fonds includes a cash book, kept by Charles Tench from 1813 to 1906, contains records relating to the operation of a general merchant business and the construction of houses. Entries include sales of groceries and many liquor items as well as the costs of building materials.

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Fonds consists of nine handwritten day books, eight of which are also ledgers. The day books contain records relating to the general merchant business of Charles Jones. Entries give customers' names, prices of goods, and goods sold. The goods include both groceries and sundries such as butter, brown sugar, salts, peppermint, blankets, chalk, calico, and logs.

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Fonds consists of files created by Admiral and Lady Kingsmill, the Grindstone Island Peace Centre, and the Religious Society of Friends, in addition to records created or collected by the Grindstone Co-operative Limited. The records document a range of activities undertaken on Grindstone Island and include files pertaining to the executive management and administration of the island and its programs; financial records; promotional material; fundraising initiatives; and records documenting the original construction of buildings on the island.

The fonds is arranged into eight series.

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Fonds consists of records created by Dr. James Miles Langstaff relating to his medical practice.

The records include medical daybooks, account books, and photographs. The daybooks give a daily account of patients the doctor visited, for what purpose, what action he took, and what medicine he prescribed or administered. The account books were used to keep track primarily of debts owed him by his patients.

A few photographs are included in the fonds, which include images of Dr. Langstaff, his father John Langstaff, his wife Mary Ann, their son Rolph, and Rolph's 1902 Oldsmobile.

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Fonds consists of records related to the Grubb (or Grubbe) family, who immigrated from Edinburgh, Scotland in 1833 and settled in the village of Weston, Ontario (now part of Toronto).

Most records pertain to the activities of family patriarch John Grubb including a letterbook, correspondence with the editor of the Examiner newspaper and a receipt for shares of capital stock in the Weston Road Company.

Additional records include receipt for shares of capital stock in the Albion Plank Road Company, an account book, an advertisement for a sale of lots near Weston, a photograph of Ontario Premier Sir Oliver Mowat (an uncle of Mrs. Talbot Grubbe) and a history of the Grubb family written by Talbot Page Grubbe, John's descendant.

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Fonds consists of an oversize album of photographs taken by William Notman and Alexander Henderson that was given to Edward Wilkes Rathbun from a group of employees as a Christmas gift in 1872. It contains views of Toronto, the Thousand Islands, Ottawa and Montreal, as well as locations in Quebec, Halifax and British Columbia. Also included are winter and hunting scenes and photographs of various waterfalls.

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Fonds consists of an album of photographs taken by James W. Moffat which documents the construction of the American and North Western Railway's St. Lawrence bridge in Montreal, Quebec. It predominantly depicts the construction of the bridge at various stages, but includes photographs of the Montreal area including the Lachine Canal, the Blue Bonnets cut, Mount Royal Falls and the Caughnawaga Indian Reserve. Also included is a photograph of the swing bridge over the Sault Ste. Marie canal.

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Fonds consists of the records created and accumulated by Fred W. Hotson for the research and writing of two books on the history of de Havilland Canada: The de Havilland Canada Story (1983) and de Havilland in Canada (1999).

Hotson's research materials include newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles, photographs, de Havilland histories, motion picture films, chronologies, and facts and statistics, as well as de Havilland publications, such as the de Havilland Gazette, the de Havilland Mosquito, and aircraft catalogues. Due to Hotson's close affiliation with de Havilland Canada, he procured a number of original corporate records, which are also included in this fonds.

Specific aircraft documented in this fonds include all eight of the aircraft types designed and built by de Havilland Canada: the DHC-1 Chipmunk, DHC-2 Beaver and Turbo Beaver, DHC-3 Otter, DHC-4 Caribou, DHC-5 Buffalo, DCH-6 Twin Otter, DHC-7 Dash 7, DHC-8 Dash 8; some of the de Havilland England aircraft represented in the fonds include many in the Moth series, including the Cirrus Moth, Puss Moth, Tiger Moth, Fox Moth, Hornet Moth, and Moth Minor. Other de Havilland England aircraft documented in the fonds are the D.H.84 Dragon, D.H.90 Dragonfly, D.H.98 Mosquito, and D.H.100 Vampire.

Records relating to specific aircraft created or imported by de Havilland Canada may include newspaper clippings, interior photographs of cockpits and exterior photographs of the aircraft, catalogues, technical data and specifications, outline drawings, pilot's notes and operating instructions, pilot training guides, model specifications, design analyses, aircrafts' business histories and performance summaries, and Hotson's handwritten research notes.

Nearly all of the photographs in this fonds are professional photographs, taken for public relations or advertising purposes; there are very few amateur snapshots included in this fonds. Similarly, photograph albums are presentation albums created by de Havilland Canada, showcasing aircraft and de Havilland operations.

In addition to photographs of aircraft, there are also photographs showing de Havilland Canada staff, including pilots, engineers, directors, and female personnel working on production during the Second World War. Additional photographs documenting special events, such as actress Joan Fontaine's visit to de Havilland Canada, Air Marshall W.A. “Billy” Bishop's visit, Family Day, and the opening of the new cafeteria are also included. Photographs of de Havilland Canada facilities at Mount Dennis, Malton, Shepperd Avenue, and Downsview are all included; photographs show aircraft production inside the plants, exterior shots of the hangars, and aerial views of the grounds.

De Havilland Canada's extensive work during the Second World War is well documented in the photographs, particularly in the Mosquito images. These show military grounds crews loading Mosquitos with bombs and shells, Mosquito attacks on an automotive factory in France, Mosquito attacks on a U-Boat Supply Depot, among others. Textual records regarding the Mosquito are similarly extensive.

Records documenting de Havilland Canada's experimental or special projects are included in this fonds, such as the design of FHE 400 HMCS Bras D'Or, an Antisubmarine Warfare hydrofoil ship; and the design of STEM (Storable Extendable Tubular Member), a self-erecting antenna designed for Canadian and American space programs.

The films depict various de Havilland Canada aircrafts including the Puss Moth, Gypsy Moth, Caribou, Mosquito, and the Dash 7. The films also show the production and launch of the Canadian Hydrofoil, footage of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Minefinders' Airline, and the building of the DEW and Mid-Canada lines. Additionally, there is footage of the first trans-Canada flight by RCAF squadron leader Earl Godfrey and James Dalzell McKee in 1926 and a film entitled "Res-X Airlift" that consists of footage showing the transport of equipment from Frobisher Bay to Resolution Island in the Arctic.

Arrangement is based on Fred W. Hotson's original order.

This fonds consists of 30 series.

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Fonds consists of records reflecting Klement's career as a professional photographer, documenting completed building projects built by structural architects or architectural firms in Ontario.

The fonds includes photographs in various formats as a result of Klement's work with structural architects in selecting images that would serve to illustrate completed building projects. The photographs are of well known projects such as Metropolitan Toronto Police Headquarters on College Street and the IKEA store in Scarborough; and represent the work of several well-known architects or architectural firms, such as Zeidler Roberts Partnership Architects, Planners, Yip and Risdale Architects, and Roger DuToit, DuToit, Alsop & Hillier Architects.

Included also is an album of photographs created by Klement of buildings in southern Ontario, used to illustrate Marion MacRae and Anthony Adamson's book Cornerstones of Order (1983).

The fonds is arranged into two series.

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Fonds consists of records created or acquired by the Ontario branch of the Council of Exceptional Children (CEC) in support of their mandate to provide services, professional standards and advocacy for children with special education needs. Records include those of the Ontario branch of the Council for Exceptional Children, an international organization, as well as those of many local branches throughout the province and various special interest groups within the organizations.

Records from the provincial organization include meeting minutes, publications, constitutions and bylaws and correspondence. Local branch records mostly concern advocacy and professional development at the local school board level.

Films, videos and sound records consist of educational resources produced by the CEC for teachers and others involved in special education.

Photographs depict conferences, award ceremonies and team-building activities.

Most of the textual records were arranged by the CEC archivists by year or local branch name.

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Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild (OHCG). The majority of records date from its founding in 1966. The documents consist of textual records, as well as photographs, sound and moving images, and electronic records documenting the work of the OHCG.

The fonds is arranged into ten series that document the correspondence, annual meetings, financial records, newsletters, and branch records of the OHCG. Also included are records documenting the work of the OHCG Board, schools and regional workshops and membership records. Records relating to rug hooking exhibitions and shows as well as photographs, videos and records concerning the craft of rug hooking are also included in the fonds.

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Fonds consists of one album of photographs taken by William Notman depicting scenes in Quebec, Ontario (mostly Toronto), Nova Scotia and British Columbia. It also contains photographs of winter and hunting scenes, waterfalls, activities involving trains and composite photographs.

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The collection consists of sound and moving image records accumulated by Alan Bulman from 1965 to 1994. The films relate to Ontario locales including North Bay, Fenelon Falls, and Stratford. Other subject matter in the film footage includes: gold production in Ontario; the University of Toronto; Steep Rock Iron Mines Limited; a school bus in Ridgetown, Ontario; aviation in Toronto in the 1920s; a strike at the General Motors of Canada plant in Oshawa, Ontario; the 1930s Hi-Li game craze (a popular game in the 1930s); Red Cross emergency relief work; men from the Eglinton Hunt Club participating in a fox hunt; and the jitterbug dance. Also included is footage of Ontario troops in WWII.

Two audio cassettes contain interviews conducted by Alan Bulman and Greg Hoy with George Patton in February of 1969. George Patton, former Director of the Ontario Motion Picture Bureau (OMPB), discusses his work with the OMPB, Father Joseph Gravelle's purchase of the OMPB's collection of 28 mm films, the OMPB theatre at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), and getting fired from the OMPB in 1934. Patton also discusses his involvement in facilitating the purchase of 28 mm film projectors for every agricultural representative in Ontario, as well as his three month trip to England in 1930, where he made twenty films. In the interview, Bulman also discusses with Patton the content of an OMPB catalogue of films.

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Fonds consists of the professional and personal records of Harvey Landon Ladd including his work with the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers (commonly referred to as Mine Mill), the International Woodworkers of America (IWA), the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), and Ladd Consultants Limited. A considerable portion of the records relate specifically to the Newfoundland Loggers' Strike of 1959 and its aftermath.

Specific types of records include: correspondence, working notes, speeches, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, newsletters, policy manuals, reports, expenditure sheets, strike vouchers, press releases, lecture notes, programs, collective agreements, and interview transcripts detailing Ladd's career as a labour organizer, union president, and arbitration services consultant.

Fonds also includes photographs accumulated by Ladd throughout his professional career. These document the Newfoundland Loggers' Strike including strike conditions and picketing, as well as IWA and CLC congresses and Mine Mill activities.

Fonds has been arranged into five series.

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