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File consists of photographs of people riding bicycles or motorcycles at Chinguacousy, Bramalea Civic Centre, [Professor's Lake], Ontario Place, [Toronto], Mosport, and other places.

File consists of photographs of an Eaton's department store strike and a Conklin midway installation.

File consists of photographs of the City of Brampton city hall for the era, including architecture, dancer Tambra Highstreet at Pearson Theatre, Kwakiutl statue, aerobics, blood donor clinic, raffle, ice skating, Ticketmaster lineup for a Michael Jackson show, pumpkin sale, and a photograph exhibit by George Beshiri at the Brampton Public Library and Art Gallery.

File consists of photographs including recreation, park staff, greenhouse, a wedding, the barn animals, Don Harron as Charlie Farquharson, and an athletic competition for the physically disabled.

Item consists of a postcard of a parade in Brampton, possibly on Main Street South.

Item consists of a postcard showing an illustration of a generic English cottage, reading "Hearty greetings", with "From Brampton" added after printing.

Series consists of largely non-correspondence personal and domestic records created and retained by George W. Gordon in the course of running his small hold farm, his personal affairs, and his household. Series includes tax, insurance, and property records, account books, farming diaries, receipts, legal documents such as deeds and certificates, financial records, publications of personal interest, news-clippings, and ephemera.

Series includes several files documenting Gordon's membership in fraternal societies such as the Masons and the Young Men's Protestant Benevolent Association. As Gordon assisted in running local branches of the latter, there are several files of official records of the Association including dues accounts, dues notices, and correspondence.

This series contains a small amount of professional material retained by Gordon at this home in the course of his duties as justice of the peace and/or magistrate for Port Credit. This material includes impoundment records, court statements and notes, and lists of fines owed. Note that the bulk of the professional records which Gordon personally retained were received in a different accession, now comprising Series 10 in this fonds.

Item consists of a real photo technique postcard of the Gage Park gazebo.

Series consists of correspondence to and between family members within George W. Gordon's family group, including his wife and children. As well as letters exchanged between family members, letters include those sent by friends, acquaintances, and tradespeople.

Series includes personal and domestic correspondence addressed to George W. Gordon, including letters sent by Gordon to Mary Ann (Minnie) Beamish during their courtship, and letters from friends from outside the province and country. The latter include letters documenting the settlement of Crescent Lake in the North West Territories. Several files are topical in nature, relating to controversies between Gordon and acquaintances.

This series also includes letters sent by Frank Gordon to his family, some of which document his time at Army camps at Petawawa and in British Columbia at the end of the First World War.

This series was maintained under the title "Gordon letters" in a binder by Gordon's granddaughter, Sandra Gordon (Moore). Moore compiled an inventory of these letters (see Series 7, File 104) but occasionally letters are missing which are present in her inventory. The archivist has imposed some additional order on the series and included the occasional letter not in Moore's original binder. Other letters have been relocated into series pertaining to George W. Gordon's children.

Series consists of photographs collected or created by members of the Gordon family of Port Credit including George W. Gordon and his children, and by related families such as the Beamishes of Springfield (Erindale). Photographs depict family members, family homes (largely exteriors), family and farming activities, and formal portraits. Photographs in this series have been organized by topic by the archivist. Researchers should be aware that other series and files in this fonds contain photographs.

Series consists of records framed by the creator (and de-framed by the archivist) or otherwise stored together by the creator due to their large size. Series includes educational and Masonic certificates, plans of Port Credit, a church broadside, portrait photographs of Gordon family members, a commemorative edition of a newspaper, and Peel Board of Education poster.

Series consists of official records created or collected by George W. Gordon in the course of his duties as justice of the peace or magistrate of Port Credit and apparently personally retained by him. Records include two registers of marriage licences, completed marriage licence forms (administered in collaboration with Rhena Gordon in her capacity as a Commissioner for the Taking of Affidavits) correspondence with defendants (many of whom were objecting to being charged with speeding), correspondence with officials of the Toronto Hamilton Highway Commission, completed forms used in the administration of justice and police court system (such as summons, information statements from witnesses, subpoenas. recognizance of bail) and associated sworn witness, defendant, and plaintiff court statements. Charges represented in court documents include, among others, assault, theft, liquor-related offences, making threats, threatening to commit suicide, trespassing, traffic offences, indecent exposure and assault, desertion, and firearm-related offences.