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CA ON00333 81-015 · Fonds · 1906-1910

Fonds consists of a 263 page scrapbook of invoices and accounts of the Trent Valley Woollen Manufacturing Company of Campbellford, Ontario.

Trent Valley Woollen Manufacturing Company
CA ON00333 86-029 · Fonds · 1963-1975

Fonds consists of records relating to the Policy Advisory Committee to Robert Lorne Stanfield in particular, and to the Progressive Conservative Party in general. Records include correspondence and subject files, policy papers with remarks, notations, notes, background material, and clippings and files regarding other political parties and conferences. Included is material relating to the "Priorities for Canada Conference" held in Niagara Falls, Ontario in 1969.

Policy Advisory Committee to Robert Lorne Stanfield
Meta Incognita collection
CA ON00333 03-012 · Fonds · 1991-2000

Collection includes the agendas, minutes, and correspondence of the Meta Incognita Project Steering Committee and the Archival Research Task Force (ARTAF). Also included are ARTAF research materials, reports, transcripts, notes, etc. relating to an American Historical Association meeting and a Trent University conference which focused on the subject of Frobisher and his Northwest initiatives.

Meta Incognita
Catharine Parr Traill fonds
CA ON00333 96-1012 · Fonds · 1893

Fonds consists of a scrapbook created by Catharine Parr Traill.

Traill, Catharine Parr, 1802-1899
Frances Stewart fonds
CA ON00333 78-008, 74-1005, 74-1006, 77-1006, 92-1002, 94-1001, 94-006, 94-007, 97-023, 98-005, 02-001, 02-017, 05-013 and 11-005 · Fonds · 1757-1890

Fonds consists of the letters of Frances (Browne) Stewart written to members of her family in Ireland and letters received from them. Some letters relate to her upbringing in Ireland while other describe her voyage to Canada and her life homesteading in the unsurveyed township of Douro. Stewart describes pioneer life, the settlement and development of Douro and Peterborough, Upper Canada, and provides details of the social, family, religious and economic life in early Ontario.Some of the Stewart letters were published in an edited version as "Our Forest Home." She comments on the career of her husband, Thomas A. Stewart and his unsuitability to life on an uncleared farm.

Stewart, Frances A., 1794-1872
Robert Bowley fonds
CA ON00333 02-003 · Fonds · 1823-1998

Fonds consists of papers, articles, and manuscripts of books written by Robert Bowley. Included is research material, photographs, slides, and negatives relating to the postal history of Peterborough and area, and letters dated 1823-1878 of the Baptie family of Ida, Ontario. Also included is extensive research material related to Captain Charles Rubidge, Sir Sandford Fleming, the Pengelley/Roche families, S.J. Carver, and historic sites in the Peterborough area.

Bowley, Robert E., 1922-2001
Alan J. Slavin fonds
CA ON00333 02-006 · Fonds · 1982-1990

Fonds consists of correspondence, pamphlets, journal issues, and other material related primarily to the peace movement. Included are records of Kawartha Ploughshares and Project Ploughshares, and letters written between Alan and Linda Slavin and government oficials regarding nuclear disarmament, capital punishment, etc. Correspondents include Prime Minister Trudeau, Prime Minister Mulroney, M.P. Bill Domm, and others.

Slavin, Alan J.
Joyce C. Lewis fonds
CA ON00333 12-012 · Fonds · 1813-1887; 1970-2012

Fonds is comprised of biographical information pertaining to Joyce C. Lewis, and research material pertaining to Irish immigrant Frances Stewart and to the nineteenth-century social history of Ontario. Items include correspondence, manuscripts and notes for speeches and articles, notes on various topics, research articles, typescripts and copies of historical letters, copy photographs, and slides. Also included are a number of original historical letters pertaining to the Stewart family and one original photograph of Harriet Beaufort. Unless otherwise noted, the research materials are primarily comprised of reproductions in the form of photocopies. Further Stewart family materials were received in December 2012 and added to Box 6.

Lewis, Joyce C.
Nill family fonds
CA ON00333 12-011 · Fonds · 1886-1940

Fonds consists of correspondence, tax receipts, pamphlets, and invitations found in a home purchased by Martha Hendriks in 2001. The home is located at 1202 Morton Line, Cavan, Ontario and was owned previously by a farmer named Daniel Nill (1915-[1985]). Included are letters written by Frances [ ], New York, to Daniel Nill between 1933 and 1940. Also included are letters, agreements, pamphlets, etc. associated with John Mason, William Mason, Orlie Mason, and G.A. Mason. These items are dated between 1886 and 1915.

Nill (family)
Kenneth Brown fonds
CA ON00333 12-010 · Fonds · 1906; 1925; 2012

Fonds is primarily comprised of copies of research material. Included are reproductions of genealogical materials related to the Brownscombe family of Peterborough, Ontario, beginning with William Brownscombe (1830-1893), a descendent of Kenneth Brown's wife, Kathleen Brownscombe. Also included is material related to the Haliburton Scout Reserve, the Canadian Canoe Company and the Wm. English Canoe Company.

Brown, Kenneth
Arbor Theatre fonds
CA ON00333 85-007, 86-008, 86-025, 87-008, 87-012, 87-013, 90-004, 93-019, 97-1017, 11-002 and 12-014. · Fonds · 1977-1985

Fonds consists of posters, publicity materials, set design sketches, brochures, programs, newspaper clippings and reviews of Arbor plays.

Arbor Theatre
CA ON00333 74-002 & 99-003 & 86-019, 85-012 and 12-009. · Fonds · 1957-1973

Fonds consists of the records of the Society of Camp Directors including its charter, membership lists, correspondence, minutes and copies of research papers presented at meetings.

Society of Camp Directors
Fowlds family fonds
CA ON00333 72-002 · Fonds · 1838-1935

Fonds consists of family and related papers of Henry Fowlds and his family including James S. Fowlds and H.M. Fowlds. It also includes business correspondence, invoices, some journals and cashbooks, mortgages as well as deeds regarding the business of Henry Fowlds, Jas. S. Fowlds and Bros. and H.M. Fowlds. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Personal Papers Business Papers

Fowlds, Henry
Roy Russell Merifield fonds
CA ON00333 90-015 · Fonds · 1844-1988

Fonds consists of draft manuscripts and research notes for the book "From County Trust To National Trust" published in 1988 by Roy Russell Merifield; annual reports for Victoria and Grey Trust and affiliated merged trust companies; company and media biographical sketches of company officers and directors; correspondence to and from company president Walter Harris 1968 to 1971; photocopies of press clippings relating to the collapse of the Atlantic Acceptance/British Mortgage and Trust Company and the Hughes Royal Commission.

Merifield, Roy Russell, 1916-
CA ON00333 97-016 · Fonds · 1952-1978

Fonds consists of manuscripts written by Judge John de Navarre Kennedy, certificates and letters of appointment relating to Judge Kennedy.

Kennedy, John de Navarre, 1888-1979
Peter Gzowski fonds
CA ON00333 92-015 & 98-010 & 95-008 & 99-015 & 01-004 · Fonds · 1955-1991

Fonds consists of original manuscripts, transcripts of radio shows, correspondence from listeners and business records. Also included are materials relating to literacy. Fonds consists of the following series: Personal and Business Files Speeches and Lectures Publications edited by Gzowski Magazine and Journal Articles by Gzowski Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Interview Tapes and Transcripts Advance Galleys of Books by Others Peter Gzowski's Book About This Country in the Morning Spring Tonic The Sacrament The Game of Our Lives An Unbroken Line The Private Voice Miscellaneous Writings by Gzowski Partial Transcripts, Notes, Memos The Morningside Papers The Latest Morningside Papers The Fourth Morningside Papers Letters, Poems from Readers

Gzowski, Peter, 1934-2002
Edna Barker fonds
CA ON00333 04-008 · Fonds · 1994-2002

Fonds consists of manuscripts, research materials, letters of permission,and correspondence relating to A Peter Gzowski Reader, and to Remembering Peter Gzowski: A Book of Tributes, both of which were edited by Edna Barker. Also included are permission letters relating to the Fifth (and Probably Last) Morningside Papers, and letters and emails of condolence received by CBC upon the death of Peter Gzowski.

Barker, Edna, 1952-
CA ON00333 86-015 & 83-1008 · Fonds · 1909-1946

Fonds consists of deeds, correspondence, school workbooks and records from a correspondence course offered in 1933-34 by the University of Toronto. There is excellent correspondence relating to the lives of Annie and Daisy Davidson.

Davidson, Walter, d. 1936
David Brown collection
CA ON00333 98-015 · Fonds · 1826-1967

The collection consists of historical documents accumulated by David Brown of Hamilton, Ontario. Includes: legal documents, ledgers, doctors' account books. Also includes Village of Colborne Council business papers and records of a Campbellford farm machinery supplier. Most records pertain to the Peterborough, Ontario area.

Brown, David, 1935-1998
Williams family fonds
CA ON00333 77-005 · Fonds · 1838-1900

Fonds consists of correspondence and accounts of John Tucker Williams and of his son Arthur T.H. Williams. Included are leases, deeds and lists of John Tucker Williams' land holdings; correspondence and accounts relating to the Canada Company; material relating to the John Tucker Williams' estate; material relating to the estate of Silas Williams and Company, merchant tailors; and other material relating to various members of the family.

Williams, John Tucker, d. 1854