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ON00120 036-2-5-1 · Item · April 14, 1955
Part of Chelmsford Women's Institute

Item is a one page, typewritten paper by Rose Cvitkovich on the history of the telephone in Chelmsford, Ontario from the early 1900's to 1955.

ON00423 HCA-HCA, Box 19, Folder 1-HCA, Box 19, Folder 1, Item 1 · Item · August 1975
Part of Humber College Archive collection

Item is a master plan for the newly obtained Lakeshore Teacher's College by Humber College. Includes planning for the site (new buildings), discussion of expansion of the Lakeshore campus, and detailed analysis of the neighbourhood and potential educational needs.

Letter book
CA ON00311 PF224-2016013-001 · Item · Aug.-Sept. 1890
Part of Newton Wesley Rowell fonds

Item is a letter book created by Rowell while in Manitoba, attempting to collect debts related to promissory notes made by farmers who had purchased farm equipment. The letters in this book are written by Rowell to lawyers in his firm, including M.D. Fraser in London, T.H. Gilmour and F.J. Calvert in Winnipeg, as well as local lawyers and clerks. These letters document Rowell's visits to towns and farms around the province and his strategies to negotiate debt repayment plans with farmers, as well as his observations of his surroundings and experiences in various locations in Manitoba, including Portage La Prairie, Birtle, Winnipeg, Carberry, Brandon, and Shoal Lake.

Letter book
CA ON00311 PF224-2016013-003 · Item · Nov. 1890 - Jan. 1891
Part of Newton Wesley Rowell fonds

Item is a letter book created by Rowell pertaining to his work to collect debts related to promissory notes made by farmers who had purchased farm equipment in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia in Canada and Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho in the United States. The letters in this book were written by Rowell while in Vancouver, Victoria, Tacoma, Great Falls and Winnipeg and sent to lawyers in Moosamin, Qu'Appelle, Wolseley, Brandon, Regina, Tacoma, Astoria, Great Falls, Wallace, Grenfell and Russell. Also included are letters sent by Rowell to his firm's lawyer in Winnipeg, F.J. Calvert, which detail his trip through the mountains to British Columbia and his impressions of Vancouver, and as well as a lengthy letter written by Rowell to a hotel in Tacoma regarding the loss of his coat.

Letter book
CA ON00311 PF224-2016013-002 · Item · Sept.- Nov. 1890
Part of Newton Wesley Rowell fonds

Item is a letter book created by Rowell while attempting to collect debts related to promissory notes made by farmers who had purchased farm equipment in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The letters in this book are written by Rowell to lawyers in his firm, including M.D. Fraser in London, T.H. Gilmour in Brandon and F.J. Calvert in Winnipeg, as well as local lawyers and clerks. These letters document Rowell's visits to farms near Brandon, Souris, Virden, Oak Lake, Moosomin, Wolseley, Qu-Appelle, and Regina and detail his strategies to negotiate debt repayment plans or make settlements with specific farmers. Letters also include Rowell's requests for advice and money, as well as his observations about the local weather and crop conditions and his experiences travelling without a driver and navigating the countryside.