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The collection consists of material collected between the 1950s and mid-1970s by A.E. Williams, relating to the United Indian Bands of the Chippewas and Mississaugans. Most of the fonds was created by or collected on behalf of the United Bands of Ontario between 1903 and 1912 in the course of their efforts by Ontario First Nations to assert their rights on issues of land, hunting, fishing, and voting, and to secure payments promised under treaty commitments. Records pertaining to the United Bands of Ontario consist of correspondence, minutes, legal documents, accounting records, research notes, transcripts of records in the National Archives of Canada and the British Public Record Office. Also included are by-laws, claims for unceded territory, treaties, correspondence, band censuses and genealogies, petitions, speeches, memorials, and broadsides. A few documents contain totem signatures.

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Fonds consists of textual records, photographs, and sound and image material created and received by Bob Rae during his activities as Member of Parliament for the riding of Broadview-Greenwood, as Leader of the New Democratic Party of Ontario, as well as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, and as Premier of Ontario. Textual material consists of correspondence, election files, itineraries, invitations, transcripts of speeches, press releases, personal files, legislative and Party political records and constituency case files. Fonds includes sound recordings and videotapes dealing with elections, speeches, interviews, campaigns and political issues. Sound recordings consist of speeches, and NDP campaign song, campaign ads, and a biographical sketch of Bob Rae. Subjects of videocassettes include speeches, NDP conventions, various tours by Bob Rae, footage of Bob Rae with family members and with staff, as well as footage of Rae playing piano. Fonds also includes photographs of Bob Rae used for publicity purposes as a Member of the House of Commons for the Broadview-Greenwood riding, as Provincial leader of the NDP Party, and as Premier of Ontario. It also contains photographs of Rae's campaigns, tours, and with various dignitaries. Also included are images of the Rae family, and Rae's visits abroad to Greece, Jerusalem and Italy. Fonds also contains 2 posters used in election campaigns.

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Fonds consists primarily of correspondence acquired by Leslie Frost while he was Premier. Correspondence pertains to Frost and his constituents, Cabinet activities, Party leadership, an investigation into the Department of Highways, and various government ministry matters, in addition to some family correspondence. As well, several federal debates and proceedings are included, dated 1886-1887.

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Fonds consists of minutes of meetings of the Commissioners and annual meetings of subscribers to the Magnetawan Municipal Telephone System.

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Fonds consists of minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors and shareholders' meetings of the Madawaska Valley Telephone Company.

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Fonds consists of the personal and political records of A.S. Hardy, and includes some records of other Hardy family members. Fonds includes Hardy family correspondence, created 1813-1956, relating to family matters and business. In addition, fonds contains a genealogy of the Hardy and Sturgis family. Also included are a testimonial book presented to A.S. Hardy as well as scrapbooks relating to his political career. Fonds also contains 803 photographs. Subjects include: A.S. Hardy; Hardy family members; prominent people in Brantford and London; and Fulford Place, Brockville.

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The bulk of the fonds consists of correspondence and other documents relating to Edward Blake's personal and family matters, law practice, educational and business concerns, and to his political career in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the Canadian and British Parliaments. There are incoming letters, as well as drafts or copies (including ten letter books) of outgoing correspondence. The collection also includes scrap books of newspaper clippings dealing mainly with politics and speeches. Major topics within the Edward Blake correspondence include the North West Territories, the Kiel Rebellion, railways (particularly the Canadian Pacific Railway), election results, extradition of criminals to the United States, the Jesuit Estates Act, Irish nationalism and politics. The portion of the collection documents the lives of other Blake family members including Edward's father (William Hume Blake), mother (Catherine Hume), grandmother (Anne Margaret Hume Blake), and his youngest son (Samuel Verschoyle Blake). These records consist primarily of correspondence to and from each individual, but commonly contain other materials such as manuscript histories on various topics and genealogical data. Published materials and an "Original Catalogue of the Papers as Found in Edward Blake's Home" form the remainder of the holdings. Several early attempts were made to organize the fonds - notably that of Edward Blake in 1906 and his literary executor and son-in-law, Professor George Wrong. Following receipt, the collection was arranged into the following series: Series A - Edward Blake's Relatives Series B - Edward Blake's papers Series C - Miscellaneous Published materials Series D - "Original Catalogue of the Papers as Found in Edward Blake's Home" An additional accrual of papers received in 1979 is described as Series E - Blake Papers (Additional)

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