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Fonds consists of the records of Alfred S. Carter. Fonds predominantly contains manuscripts of Carter's writings, entitled: A Pioneer's Reminiscence of the Great Lakes; The Three Natural Outlets to Tidewater, The Great Lakes, The Hudson's Bay and the Pacific Outlet; and The Three Natural Outlets to Tidewater for the Last Great West's Inexhaustible Natural Resources. References made include: Great Lakes shipping; tugboats; the Fenian Raids; the Welland Canal; a gale force storm; Port Colborne and growing up in Port Colborne. Fonds also contains letters of transmission to E.W. Beattie of Montreal and to Carter's sister, Clara.

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Fonds consists of Sidney Barnett’s personal correspondence, records relating to the local militia, business records relating to the Niagara Falls Museum and travels in Latin America, and other records. Personal correspondence contains letters from Sidney Barnett in South America to his wife in Niagara Falls, and letters from Minnie Barnett in South America. Militia records include copies of Militia General Orders, copies of militia forms (including pay lists, rules and regulations, service, rolls, quarterly returns, acquittance rolls, parade reports, returns of officers, recommendations for appointment, billet receipts, and general orders), copies of revisions of the Militia Act from 1864 to 1867, correspondence (regarding fortifications and defence, and regarding Battalion affairs). Business correspondence relates to the Niagara Falls Museum and to Sidney Barnetts’ business ventures in Latin America. Fonds contains the following series: General Correspondence, 1853-1904 (Series I) Military Correspondence, 1863-1883 (Series II) Business Correspondence, 1839-1896 (Series III) Business Records, 1844-1900 (Series IV) Legal Correspondence and Papers, 1865-1880 (Series V) Miscellaneous, 1856-1903 (Series VI).

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Fonds consists of the personal correspondence of Andrew McBain. Correspondents are family and friends in California, Nevada, the Eastern United States, Port Arthur, Midland, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Australia. Subjects include: Canadian gold discoveries, mining in California and Nevada, life at the University of McGill, as well as the Ottawa military establishment. Fonds also contains a series of medical broadsides for curing alcoholism, 1904; pamphlets from the Liberal Association, 1900; as well as school forms and notes for instruction in various subjects.

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Fonds consists of copies of the personal correspondence of Angus D. McMillan. Correspondents are predominantly his brothers, John, James, Rod and Alex. Correspondence is from Ohio, British Columbia, Maryland, Montana, Alaska and Idaho. Topics include: Glengarry County, the West, family matters, farming, logging, mining, sheep farming and Canadian Scottish immigrants.

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Fonds consists of both originals and copies of the business and political records of William Colquhoun. Business records include: Mattice and Coloquin's account, freight, and day books, 1842-1867 and Colquhoun's account book, 1845-1857. Political records include: Colquhoun's political correspondence, 1847-1874; Osnabruck Township by-laws, 1850-1867; Osnabruck School Section 21 minutes and ratepayers lists, 1860-1868; Dickinson's Landing post office accounts, 1842-1851; and Dickinson's Landing Board of Health appointments and correspondence, 1847. Fonds also contains Bank of Upper Canada shareholders' information, 1855, and the will of Robert Issac Day Gray, 1867. Fonds has been arranged in the following series: Political Correspondence, 1847-1874 Osnabruck Township Papers and By-laws, 1850-1867 Osnabruck School Section No. 21, 1860-1868 Dickinson's Landing, 1842-1851, Mattice and Colquhoun, 1842-1867 William Colquhoun Account Book, 1845-1857 and Miscellaneous, 1855-1867.

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Fonds consists of 2 copies of the personal diary of W. C. Caldwell and describes three trips: Glasgow, Scotland, 1874; Manitoba, 1878; and Temagami, 1903.

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Fonds consists of the personal diary of Hugh Neilson. References made include: family matters, train movements, social events, and the arrival of troops for border defence.

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Fonds consists of the personal diary of J.A. Blake written trip by boat and wagon west through the Sioux country. Also included is Blake's letters to his mother in Cleveland, Ohio and to his uncle in Omaha, Nebraska. References include western travel, native attacks and cannibalism.

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Fonds consists of the personal diary of William Davidson. Entries refer to Davidson's activities as a County Clerk, legal cases, meetings in Stratford, Toronto and Mitchell, farming and the weather.

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Fonds consists of the administrative records of the Ancient Order of United Workmen Madoc Lodge, No. 195. Fonds includes correspondence, account books, minute books, directories, pamphlets, reports, beneficiary forms and claim forms.

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Fonds consists of administrative and other records of the Optimist Club of Toronto. Included are: minutes of board meetings, correspondence, membership rosters, issues of the club newsletter "Opti- chat", annual reports, bylaws, programmes, and committee records. Fonds also includes material regarding the history of the Club, including clippings, photographs (of Club members and events), souvenir booklets for the 50th Anniversary celebration, and a book entitled 50 Years of Optimism. Fonds contains the following series: Minutes, Board Of Governors, 1923-1962 (Series A) Records Files, 1940-1970 (Series B) Correspondence, 1949-1967 (Series B-1) Minutes Of Board Meetings, 1964-1970 (Series B-2) Miscellaneous Correspondence And Papers, 1945-1970 (Series B-3) Club Secretary, Projects, 1933-1967 (Series B-4) Historical Material, 1924-1974 (Series C) Membership Rosters, 1928-1972 (Series D) "Opti- chat" Newsletter, 1969-1970 (Series E) Keepsakes, 1925-1974.

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Fonds consists of administrative and other records of the Provincial Council of Women of Ontario. Included are minutes of the Council, and of annual meetings, semi-annual meeting, and sub-executive meetings. Fonds also includes various records arising from annual meetings, including: agendas, notices, correspondence, minutes, briefs, resolutions, nomination papers, lists of officers, reports from local councils and committees, speeches, presentations, travel and accommodation arrangements, and publicity. Fonds also contains annual reports, correspondence, constitutions, resolutions financial records, a procedures manual, mailing lists, and records arising from various projects of the Council (including book publishing, case loads in the courts, committee on poverty, and other projects). Fonds consists of the following series: Minutes, 1920-1982 Annual Meetings Files, 1926-1973 President's Records, 1951-1972 Corresponding Secretary's Correspondence, 1950-1960 Administrative Records, 1921-1976 Briefs, 1963-1994 Local Councils Records, 1931-1964 Annual Reports, 1969-1995 Publications, 1967 Reference Material, 1929-1972.

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Fonds consists of correspondence, reports, memoranda, clippings, and other records relating to Ferguson's political career and personal life. Fonds contains correspondence relating to personal and family, records arising from Ferguson's work as Canadian High Commissioner in London, records relating to the attempts of the Ontario government to regulate the newsprint industry, records regarding the development of the St. Lawrence Seaway, correspondence and other records regarding the Department of Education and the Bilingual Schools issue, records pertaining to the establishment of the Ontario Research Foundation, records regarding the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario (including records pertaining to the Kaministiqua Power Company, Niagara Falls, and the cancellation of Hydro contracts between Ontario and Quebec in 1935. Fonds also includes records relating to the temperance issue in Ontario, as well as miscellaneous records on a numbers of different subjects.

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Fonds consists of the administrative records of the William Lyon Mackenzie Centennial Committee and includes meetings minutes, correspondence, contracts, canvassing lists and financial records, 1936-1941. Fonds also includes 7 photographs, ca. 1940, of the monument.

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Fonds consists of the official letterbook of the lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, Peter Hunter, 1799-1800. The letterbook contains correspondence, circulars, orders and instructions from Hunter's office to various colonial administrators. Correspondents include: department heads, the Land Department and the Executive Council.

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Fonds consists of records of the Brockville Children’s Aid Society, primarily chronologically arranged letterbooks. Fonds also contains minutes, annual reports, monthly reports of Children’s Aid cases, a semi-centennial booklet, loose correspondence, and other records.

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Fonds consists of records of the Wednesday Morning Book Club, including minute books, roll books, record books, correspondence, membership lists, lists of books reviewed by the Club, lists of offices held, and copies of the Club’s constitution and bylaws.

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Fonds consists of the diary of George H. Mills. This volume contains a series of commentaries on historical and international events, with some local references, as well. Of note are references to the War of 1812, the economic condition of Hamilton and social events there, Canadian-American relations, Imperial federation, the Wentworth Pioneer and Historical Society, the Irish question, the Bering Sea question and the Battle of Lundy's Lane.

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These papers include textual and graphic materials created and collected by the Reverend John Linton in the course of his career as a Baptist minister and temperance activist. The fonds include records of a number of temperance organizations collected by Linton as a result of his research and commitment to preserving a historical record of the movement. Included are records of the Dominion Alliance for the Total Suppression of the Liquor Traffic, the Royal Templars of Temperance, and various federal, provincial, municipal and denominational temperance organizations. The photographs depict conferences and individuals in the post-prohibition temperance movement, while the posters and cartoons visually document different appeals and approaches used in anti-alcohol advertising and editorializing, both before and after prohibition. The fonds is arranged into five series based on format: General Files, Printed Matter, Photographs; Posters, Editorial Cartoons.

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Fonds consists of administrative and other records of the Ontario Welfare Council. Included are records of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, and Annual Meetings and Conferences, including records such as minutes of meetings, financial statements, briefs, reports, correspondence, agendas, recommendations, summary of program proposals, memoranda, drafts, proposed amendments, studies, resolutions, and papers. Fonds also contains the records of Social Planning Councils from various areas in Ontario, including correspondence, reports, briefs, programs, and projects. Also included are financial records such as financial statements, budgets, and records relating to financial foundations. Fonds also includes records arising from the Council’s work in various areas such as ageing, children, day care, and housing. Also included are publications and subject files on a variety of topics.

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