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Fonds consists of a collection of photocopies of documents mostly about Anson Buck. Included is a volume entitled Collected Data on the Life of Dr. Anson Buck (1833-1919), together with Original Letters Bearing Tributes from Contemporaries, which was edited by Sir Charles G.D. Roberts for the Trans- Canada Press, 1940, and a volume entitled Historical Sketch of Early Trafalgar Township, written about 1900 by Keturah Adelaide Buck. The fonds also includes a volume of Howell family genealogical data, as well as genealogical data about the Buck family. There are also a few newspaper clippings about Anson Buck.

Collection consists of material collected by Harry D. Blanchard of Toronto. Collection contains correspondence, memoranda, lists, notes, inscriptions, genealogies, muster rolls, and other records relating to land matters, military affairs (especially the 2nd Regiment Leeds Militia), local Methodist and United churches, and family records from Leeds County residents.

Fonds consists mainly of records and copies of records connected with Edward Merrill's legal practice. Included is correspondence relating to legal matters, and also includes letters of appointment to Samuel Merrill. Legal correspondence is that of Edward Merrill regarding cases tried before him, petitions, the and position of County Court Judges. Correspondence has been arranged chronologically. Fonds also includes various legal records, including affidavits, agreements, bonds, releases and elections, wills and estate books, and other records. Legal records have been arranged alphabetically. Also included are miscellaneous records, including poll books for elections in 1828 and 1830, for which Samuel Merrill was Deputy Returning Officer. Attached to these books are several petitions regarding the contesting of the election of 1828.

Collection consists of a scrapbook concerning the Sovereign Order Of St. John Of Jerusalem, Knights Of Malta, Priory Of Canada. Included in the scrapbook are: a parish bulletin; a newsletter entitled The Spires; a list of members in the Canadian Priory; a programme for a Miss Malta Beauty Pageant; a banquet menu; and newspaper clippings from various Ontario newspapers. Also included are clippings from a Maltese newspaper.

Collection consists of a scrapbook of letters, poems, photographs and copies of paintings from famous Canadians. Contributors include: Archibald Barnes, Fred H. Brigden, Paul Caron, Grey Owl, Sir Wyly Grier, Katherine Hale, Lawren Harris, Stephen Leacock, Florence Livesay, Wilson MacDonald, Nellie McClung, L.M Montgomery, Sir William Mulock, G.A. Reid, Sir Charles Roberts, Lloyd Roberts, A.H. Robson, Marshall Saunders, Tom Thomson, Canon Frederick Scott, Lady Tweedsmuir, and Ethelwyn Wetherald. Collection also consists of photographs of Canadian paintings and various well known Canadians. Individuals represented include: Archibald Barnes, J.W. Beatty, R.B. Bennett, Leonard Brooks, Archibald Brown, Paul Caron, A.J. Casson, F.S. Coburn, Tom Holmes, A.Y. Jackson, Cornelius Kreigoff, William Lyon MacKenzie King, J.E.H. MacDonald, Manly MacDonald, Charles MacGregor, Miss McAffe, H.W McRea, Thomas W. Mitchell, Sir William Mulock, Frank Panabaker, Paul Peel, G.A. Reid, A.H. Robson, John Russell, Arthur Stringer, Kenneth Forbes Thomson, Lady Tweedsmuir and N. P Watson. Collection also contains one drawing, "Century Rock", by Nicholas Hornyansky.

Fonds consists of business correspondence of the Frederick W. Coate family, dealing with the Muskoka Lakes Navigation and Hotel Company Ltd. Fonds also contains newspaper clippings regarding Muskoka history. Fonds also consists of photographs of the following: views of Muskoka and surrounding areas by various photographers including John Brown and Frank W. Micklethwaite accumulated by Dorothy Coate. Included are images of steamships, hotels, and summer leisure activities. Also included are images of Rosseau, where Ms. Coate lived, and informal portraits of the Coate family.

Fonds consists of the records of the Sherin family and includes the personal correspondence of Henry James and Thomas Sherin, as well as family accounts and receipts. Also included is a certificate from the Independent Order of Good Templars.

Collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to Sir Archibald Cameron Macdonell, Commander of the First Canadian Division, British Expeditionary Force during World War I.

Collection consists of textual records, photographs and documentary artifacts related to the involvement of Henry Bull Wallis in the defence against the Fenian Raids on Canada in 1866 and 1870, as well as related materials, assembled by his daughter, Rachel Wallis Black. The collection contains a letter sent by Colonel Butler to Henry Bull Wallis in June, 1870. Photographs include three cartes-de-visite photographs of Henry Bull Wallis, Colonel W. F. Butler and Colonel Bagot. The collection also contains a ribbon awarded to Henry Bull Wallis by the Ridgeway Battle-Field Association for service in the Battle of Ridgeway, near Fort Erie, Ontario, in 1866, as well as a Canadian General Service Medal awarded in 1899 for service defending against the Fenian Raid of 1870. Also included is a scrapbook of newspaper clippings from the Huntington Gleaner, written in 1936, regarding the history of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870.

The collection consists of radio programs and films sponsored by the St. Lawrence Starch Company. These include programs including "What Price Loyalty," broadcast by radio station CKOK in Hamilton, as well as "Air Check, Know Your Halifax," broadcast by Halifax radio station CHNS. The scripts of these programs are also included in the collection. The collection also includes 7 reels of motion picture film, featuring skiing and figure skating.

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Fonds consists of the records of Toronto architect Douglas Kertland. Fonds includes ca. 800 architectural drawings of his various projects in Toronto. In addition, fonds contains Kertland's business correspondence arranged according to client or building.

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Fonds consists of architectural records of Earle C. Morgan. Fonds includes 73 sets of architectural drawings and photographs from Morgan's various projects. Principal projects represented in this fonds are: E.P. Taylor's country home, Fort Erie Racetrack, Old Woodbine Racetrack, New Woodbine Racetrack, Wrentham Estates (York Mills Shopping Centre), National Stud Farm Facilities, Mohawk Raceway, Garden City Raceway, Greenwood Stables, Blue Bonnets Raceway, and Lyford Cay Development.

In addition, fonds contains Earle C. Morgan architectural firm's textual records. These include project lists, cashbooks, ledgers, receipts and correspondence. There are also newspaper clippings relating to architectural design and arranged alphabetically into subject files.

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Fonds comprises records of Alfred Chapman, a Toronto-based architect between 1906 and 1943.

Fonds consists primarily of architectural drawings associated with projects undertaken by Chapman's architectural firms: Chapman and McGiffin; Chapman and Oxley; Chapman, Oxley, and Bishop; and Chapman, Oxley and Facey. Included are specifications, correspondence, and other materials, including photographs and prints. Projects include residences, office buildings, religious houses, and public buildings, including educational institutions and recreational structures.

Fonds also contains materials related to the architectural projects. These include such as reviews of Chapman's buildings in architectural publications, and also general reference for ornamentation, decoration, and design, in the form of portfolios and loose plates, prints, and tearsheets.

The records have been augmented with materials of a biographical or genealogical nature, some collected by Chapman's son Howard D. Chapman.

Fonds has been arranged into four series according to functional differences in the records.

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Fonds consists of photographs pertaining to McCracken's career as a pilot and flight instructor. The slides taken by McCracken depict aerial views of northern Ontario, as well as pictures of camps, airplanes and people.

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Fonds consists of watercolours depicting various locations on the Rideau Canal created by William T. Clegg. The watercolours may have been prepared to document the construction of the canal for presentation to visiting officials. The drawings are not signed and dated, but have information regarding location written on the verso. The watercolours identify various lock stations along the Rideau Canal from Bytown (Ottawa) to Kingston: Hartwell's locks; Hog's Back; Black Rapids; Long Island; Burritt's Rapids; Nicholson's Rapids; Clow's Rapids; Merrick's Mills; Maitland's Locks; Edmund's Mills; Old Sly's Locks; Smith's Falls; First Rapids; Narrows; Isthmus; Chaffey's Mills; Davis; Brewer's Lower Mills; and Kingston's Mills.

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Fonds consists of 64 glass plate negatives taken by J.H. Black. The photographs depict various scenes and individuals around Colchester including: Christ Church; Reverend S.J. Whealan; Grace Baldwin; Maggie Bell; Fanny Wright; Lena Bailey; Edwin Wright; the Pelaw family; the Brush family; the Klie family; Captain Little; Olly Bowring: the Hackett family; the Tofflemire family; freighter and tugs; local industry; and Colchester Beach.

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Fonds consists of video cassette tapes representing programming produced by Multilingual Television Limited during the period 1979-1989. Included in the fonds are complete programs, inserts and raw footage produced by CFMT. These consist of magazines, news, variety shows, dramas, game shows, documentaries, specials and promotional programming.

Material in the fonds includes samples from each of the ethnic groups represented in CFMT's programming, in addition to selections of each type of programming as well as representative samples from each year's productions. Very little English-language programming is included in the fonds.

Included in the programming is CFMT's first broadcast from September 3, 1979. Also, a selection of native programming from "Pow-Wow" and "Native Express" is included. Programs from other ethnic groups are also represented, including Ukrainian Magazine, Dutch Magazine, and Macedonian Magazine. As well, two informational productions aimed at Asian refugees in Toronto are included, as are programs relating to a tribute to Robbie Burns, and a Citizenship Court held on Canada Day. Promotional segments for English- language programming, as well as for an Italian-language entertainment magazine, "Incontri" are included.

Fonds also includes selections of productions purchased by CFMT for use in its programming, as well as productions of unknown origin. These consist of numerous documentaries and dramatic presentations including a dramatization of a Bulgarian peasant wedding, as well as numerous news magazine items from Japan, Portugal, Germany, Armenia and Holland which were probably not created by CFMT.

Also part of the fonds are a number of programs produced by other production companies, television stations, or networks. These include "Paradox of Norval Morriseau" and a production focussing on native issues, entitled "Beauty of My People," which were both produced by the National Film Board. Also, there are dramatic episodes produced for Portuguese audiences by EDIPIM-TV, as well as episodes of "Eho Hamara Jeeuna" produced by Mandeep Film Enterprises, and an episode of "Karamchand," produced by LIN-TV. An episode of "The Late Show," with host Suzanne Somers is included, as is news footage of Grenada, produced by the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC).

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Fonds consists of material created, received, and collected by Thor Hansen and by his daughter, Sister Anitra.

Fonds includes textual material such as correspondence, architectural drawings, sketches, publications, newspaper clippings, pamphlets and memoranda from the period 1927-1990.

Also included in the fonds are 525 photographs, primarily dealing with Hansen's work as an artist. They include interior views of British-American Oil Company buildings, as well as of artwork found within those buildings, ca. 1955- 1965. As well, there are five reels of motion picture film, with subject areas including the Toronto British-American Oil Company building, Native Indian handcrafts and figures, Toronto street scenes, and Thor Hansen at work.

Fonds also includes one audio cassette, dealing with Thor Hansen's retirement party and tribute speeches, 1968. Two undated audio discs are included, with Adrienne Clarkson interviewing Thor Hansen.

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Fonds consists of the records of architectural draftsman, Arthur Heeney Junior. Fonds includes ca. 1,700 architectural drawings of Heeney's numerous projects including the Toronto Hospital for Consumptives in Weston and the Muskoka Hospital in Gravenhurst. Fonds also contains ca. 210 photographs of various projects. In addition fonds contains correspondence with clients, memoranda, and newspaper clippings relating to hospitals.

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Fonds consists of cartographic and textual records created, used and acquired by Hugh Wilson in his capacity as a public land surveyor. Included in the fonds are manuscript maps, survey contracts and instructions, pamphlets and field notes pertaining to the mineral location surveys of the north shore and islands of Lake Superior. Other items are surveys of various Ontario communities, townships, and railways, as well as a general map of the Dominion of Canada, and a few New Brunswick sheets produced by the Geological Survey of Canada. Numerous Ontario surveyors are represented in the collection including Thomas Devine, J. McNaughton, Isaac Traynor, David Gibson, and Sanford Fleming.

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