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Item is a framed print from the Douglas R. Greer Collection entitled: "The Sasquatch: Pintail & Widgeoncollar Models," 1996. Includes the following caption: "The Sasquatch is a streamer fly named by North American aboriginals after the legendary BIGFOOT bushman of the Canadian Rockies, and YETI, the Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas. It's notable that aboriginals were tying flies 1000 years ago. Streamer flies are usually imitators of baitfish minnows, many of which were designed to use the feathers of the African Marabou in successfully substituting dyed Canadian turkey."

Item is a framed print from the Douglas R. Greer Collection entitled: "Light & Dark Cahill, a brakeman on the Erie & Lackawanna Railroad, New York. Dry flies are tied with waterproof rooster neck-hackles, which enable them to float. The sinking wet flies are tied to emulate the underwater stage of an insect's life. A popular legend involving Daniel Cahill established this young sportsman as a conservative pioneer. The related occasion was a serious derailment of Daniel's train, and he re-entered the capsized car to retrieve a number of rainbow trout destined for a hatchery, and released them in a nearby creek."

File consists of associated documentation related to the Douglas R. Greer Fly-Fishing Print Collection, c1996-2012. It includes: copies of prints from the original calendar and the Greer Collection, articles written about / by Douglas R. Greer, two (2) informational plaques for display with the prints, two (2) photographs, correspondence, and a copy of Douglas R. Greer's Tool Maker's History essay.

Item is a framed print from the Douglas R. Greer Collection entitled: "The Roe Blue & Roe Purple," 1996. Includes the following caption: The Roe Blue & Roe Purple wet-fly trout patterns are attributed to Bill Monaghan, a fly-tyer on the River Roe at the town of Linavady, Northern Ireland. These attractive designs were originally created as salmon flies using goat hair dyed purple and blue, now superseded by seal hair and smaller hooks. Until the mid-1990s, fly-fishing in North America was generally synonymous with wet-flies. But as fishing flourished, trout became increasingly selective, which spurred the creation of sophisticated nymph patterns emulating the actual stages of underwater life, plus many accurate imitations of emerging adult insects."

Item is a framed print from the Douglas R. Greer Collection entitled: Speckled Trout Print, 1998. Includes the following caption: "My first sport of angling was during the north branch of the Ganaraska where His Excellency Vincent Massey, former Governor General of Canada, was an outstanding conservationist. In 1924 when he purchased the land for his Batterwood Estate, he also imported significant quantities of European Brown Trout to stock the stream in the event that the Brook (Speckled) Trout may not survive."

Item is a framed print from the Douglas R. Greer Collection entitled: "The Dunkeld: One Salmon and Three Trout Versions," 1996. Includes the following caption: "The first recorded formula for the classic Dunkeld pattern appeared in Edward Fitzgibbon's publication THE BOOK OF SALMON in 1850, but it was probably under development by expert Scottish fly-casters on the River Tay at the town of Dunkeld in the 1770s. In addition to its effectiveness on the stream, the Dunkeld is also considered by many anglers and fly-tyers to be the most beautiful example of this ancient art, and which has become the pattern of preference for sophisticated fly-casters world-wide."

Item is a framed print from the Douglas R. Greer Collection entitled: "Fan-wing Mayflies," 1996. Includes the following caption: "There are more than 700 living species of North American Mayflies, but only several dozen have been copied extensively by fly-tyers, and the Fan-wing patterns were largely abandoned in the late 1800s. Though some fly-tyers would disagree, the ADAMS pattern probably began as a Mayfly, and is now North America's most popular dry fly for Trout. Mayflies are common in the mid-Atlantic Ocean."

Item is a framed print from the Douglas R. Greer Collection entitled: "Hatching Caddis," 1996. Includes the following caption: "There are more than 2000 species of Caddisflies, (some species are known as sedge-flies), comprising an ever-present fertility for fly-casters on Ontario trout streams such as the Ganaraska and the Grand. Caddisflies represent an astonishing 50 per cent of the Grand River's invertebrates, and unlike Ontario's Mayflies - which live for only a day - the Caddisfly's productive life-cycle can last for a month or more."

Item is a hand-painted movie poster created by the Capitol Theatre, 1941. It features information about the showing of "A Bedtime Story" on Wednesday and Thursday September 2nd and 3rd, 1941. Additional text on the poster includes: 2nd Feature "Grand Central Murder" and "Also Capitol News."

Item is a production company movie poster for "Adventures of Martin Eden" used by the Capitol Theatre, 1942.

Item is a hand-painted movie poster created by the Capitol Theatre, 1942. It features information about the showing of "Her Cardboard Lover" on Monday and Tuesday September 28-29th, 1942. Additional text on the poster includes: 2nd Feature "We Go Fast" "With Speed Cuties and Cops" and "Capitol News."

Item is a production company movie poster for "I Married an Angel" used by the Capitol Theatre, 1942.

Item is a hand-painted movie poster created by the Capitol Theatre, 1941. It features information about the showing of "No Greater Sin." Additional text on the poster includes: "Children under 16 not admitted - Auspices Health League of Canada" - 2nd Feature "A Date with the Falcon."

Item is a hand-painted movie poster created by the Capitol Theatre, 1942. It features information about the showing of "Ship Ahoy" on Wednesday to Saturday August 26th-29th, 1942. Additional text on the poster includes: "Extra! 'Our Gang' Comedy in 'Melodies Old and New' and Capitol News."

Item is a hand-painted movie poster created by the Capitol Theatre, 1941. It features information about the showing of "The Men in Her Life" on Monday and Tuesday August 24th and 25th, 1941. Additional text on the poster includes: 2nd Feature "Brooklyn Orchid" and Capitol News.

Item is a hand-painted movie poster created by the Capitol Theatre, 1942. It features information about the showing of "This Gun for Hire" on Monday and Tuesday July 13-14th, 1942. Additional text on the poster includes: 2nd Feature "Our Russian Front" "Terrific, Timely and Authentic" and "Capitol News."

Item is a hand-painted movie poster created by the Capitol Theatre, 1942 (four copies). It features information about the showing of "Two Yanks in Trinidad" on Friday and Saturday September 4th and 5th, 1942. Additional text on the poster includes: "Extra! Timely-Sensational! 'Inside Fighting China' & Capitol News."

Series consists of Port Hope Evening Guide newspapers including coverage of a massive flood event from Mar 1973.

Series consists of one (1) account book from Fred Austin's Apple Orchard, c1944. It includes listings of customers, amounts purchased, amounts owed and paid, and contact information.

Series consists of fourteen (14) 8mm film reels taken by John "Jack" Austin on a Kodak Brownie Movie Camera Turret f/1.9, 1960-1964. It includes footage of family Christmas (several years), the Austin family home at 27 Trefusis Street, Fred Austin's Cottages at Keane (Rice Lake), Edgar Eley's Holstein Farm, Calithumpian parades, the last steam train out of Port Hope, the marriage of Shirley Eley to Robert Payne at Port Hope United Church, and various family vacations (i.e. Ottawa, 1000 Islands, Santa's Village, Vermont, Maine, New Brunswick, Healey Falls, Lovesick Lake, Niagara Falls, and Algonquin Park). Most of the footage includes John and Lorna and their sons, Larry and Don. For more detail on each individual reel, please refer to the box list.