Postcard depicts the destruction wrought by the war on Albert (Somme) - La Place d'Armes - The Arm Place - in France. Located near the firing line. Major Mackenzie sent this postcard to his family in Woodbridge, Ontario to show them the devestation in Europe.
Series consists of awards (figures and statues) and Pierre’s clothing including honourary robes, suite jackets and shirts, bow ties, cummerbunds, and his famous top hat.
Series consists of various awards and honourary degrees Pierre received throughout his lifetime.
Subseries consists of records relating to Janet Berton’s committee work for the Kleinburg Binder Twine Festival. Records include copies of the Binder Twine Festival program booklets, Binder Twine Committee meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence and photographs and ephemera.
Series consists of records (minutes, reports, conference proceedings, guidelines, legislation, discussion papers, etc) relating to the preservation of built heritage in Vaughan and throughout Ontario and Canada. Of particular note is the extensive list of files relating to heritage structures throughout Vaughan which originated with Janet’s participation in Heritage Vaughan.
Series consists of records which represent the continuing ordinances passed by Council to deal with internal management of the municipality’s civic administration and political offices and to exercise its powers in the realm of local regulatory functions.
As the By-Laws represent the final decisions of Council on all matters brought before it, they provide an excellent source of evidence vis-a-vis the functions and activities of the Council as well as the civic administration. In addition, the series offers information relating to all manner of topical subjects and local personalities.
Subseries consists of Pierre Berton’s speeches and articles as well as articles and biographies about Pierre, a publishing agreement, programs for the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario, and various other invitations and correspondence.
Series consists of correspondence, notes, minutes, and reports from Janet’s attendance at the many conferences, events, and meetings held by the CFUW across Canada. Also includes extensive history on the CFUW due to the creation of two history books. Also includes an extensive collection of records on the rights of women during the 60s and 70s.
Subseries consists of magazines relating to Canadian heritage, newsletters and journals, reports and discussion papers, conference proceedings, meeting minutes, and records from Heritage Canada.
Postcard of Captain Addision Alexander Mackenzie, Lieutenant Buston (who died of wounds), and Lieutenant Muirhead during WWI.
Fonds consists of records that reflect the functions and activities of Council as a legislative and regulatory body in legal matters, taxation, justice and public protection, education, public health and welfare, finance, public accountability and planning. Records include, but are not limited to: working papers, minutes and resolutions, by-laws, reports to Council, and Court of Revision Records. The fonds chronicles Council activities and functions, and documents decisions and deliberations, and relationship with the civic administration, the Province of Ontario, the County of York, the Village of Woodbridge before 1971, and the Regional Municipality of York after 1971.
City of Vaughan (Ont.). CouncilSubseries consists of Janet’s notes, correspondence, handouts, etc from various seminars, workshops, and conferences held throughout Canada. Also includes the minutes and notes from annual general meetings. Of particular note is the number of seminars and conferences concerning the First Nations which were held in the 1960s and 1970s.
Subseries consists of recipes, cookbook drafts, cookbook tour agendas, cookbooks, party menus, correspondence, speaker requests, and biographies used for her cookbook.
Series consists of volumes recording the deliberations and decisions of the City of Vaughan Council and its predecessor bodies (Vaughan Township Council and Town of Vaughan Council) in its role as the municipality’s governing body. Records provide information as to annual Council membership, municipal appointments, as well as reports of standing committees, special committees, departments and deputations, motions and resolutions.
In terms of evidential and informational value, this series, along with the Council Committee Agendas and Minutes and By-Law series ranks as the most significant in the City of Vaughan Council fonds. It most thoroughly evidences activities, functions and policies of Vaughan’s municipal government from its inception to the advent of regional government. Additionally, the development of the community can in large measure be traced through this series, as can a litany of diverse subjects, such as the impact wrought by certain individuals on the area’s economic development. It is of note that agendas to the minutes first make their appearance in 1967.
Series consists of records of the deliberations and decisions of the Town and City of Vaughan Council Committee. These records consist of notices of meetings and agendas, minutes, working notes, staff reports and related correspondence for Council appointed Committees such as Property Standards Committee, Planning Committee, Committee of Adjustment and so forth.