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Copy of Arthur Lang's diary
CA ON00351 GA 96 · Item · 1820

Carbon typescript transcript of Arthur Lang's diary prepared as a Christmas souvenir in 1907 by T.A. Lang in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. It includes a copy of a letter from one of Arthur Lang's granddaughters, giving some family background. Arthur Lang describes the sea voyage, scenery, and passengers on trip from Montreal, through the Lachine Rapids, to Prescott, Ontario. The diary also discusses Lang’s experiences inspecting land near the townships of Ramsay, Lanark, and Dalhousie in Lanark County, Ontario.

Lang, Arthur
Cours de calcul integral
CA ON00351 GA 42 · Item · [18--]

Holograph manuscript titled "Cours de calcul integral." Bound with his Memoire sur les fonctions arbitraires exprimes par des integrales doubles. Taken from Tome XV of Memoires Couronnes, Academie Royale de Bruxelles.

Pioch, Auguste Bienaime Désiré, 1812-1846
Cyril Joad letter
CA ON00351 GA 19 · Item · February 16, 1928

A single letter to Sir Oswald Stoll from Cyril Joad regarding Stoll's book "The Grand Survival" dated February 16, 1928. The letter is addressed to Stroll at Hampstead in London, England.

Joad, C. E. M. (Cyril Edwin Mitchinson)
Damaris Isabella Smith fonds
CA ON00351 WA 8 · Fonds · [18--]-[19--]

Two scrapbooks, the first was compiled by Damaris Smith and contains clippings, engravings, stamps and seals, obituaries and biographies of prominent suffragists, literary, political and social women, some British. The second, compiled by her daughter Gertrude, contains an article written by Damaris Smith entitled "Pioneer Wife". As well, it documents the history of the Smith family and contains photographs and a pencil sketch of the "Mountain Hall" homestead.

Smith, Damaris Isabella
Dana Harris Porter fonds
CA ON00351 GA 228 · Fonds · 1905-2001

Contents: fonds consists of materials created and accumulate by Dana Porter during his personal and professional career, as well as materials collected posthumously and created and accumulated by his wife and children. Includes photographs, correspondence, research notes, essays and other writings, ephemera, scrapbooks and clippings. Arranged in ten series as follows: 1. Correspondence ; 2. Dana Porter and Dorothy Parker Family ; 3. Diaries ; 4. Ephemera ; 5. Political and Legal Career ; 6. Scrapbooks and Clippings ; 7. Shakespeare ; 8. Speeches and Addresses ; 9. Visual Materials ; 10. Writings.

Porter, Dana Harris, 1901-1967
Dare Foods Limited fonds
CA ON00351 GA 163 · Fonds · 1892-2003

Fonds consists of records generated in the course of business by Dare Foods Limited and its subsidiary companies. It includes financial statements; account books; minutes; correspondence; letters patent; legal records; share registers; biscuit, cracker and candy formulas; architectural drawings; biscuit, cracker and candy packaging samples; price lists; photographs; television, radio and print advertisements; publications; artifacts; manuals; the records of J.R. Worthington; internal newsletters; and newspaper clippings. Fonds also contains the records of The Almer Company Limited and Sunbeam Shoes, companies acquired privately by Carl Dare. Fonds is comprised of the following series: 1. Day Books and Payroll Journal 2. Minutes and Certificate of Shares 3. Financial Statements 4. Accounting Records 5. Legal Records 6. The Howe Candy Company 7. J.R. Worthington 8. Dare Foods (Canning Division) Limited 9. Major Foods Limited 10. Dare Foods (Potato Chip Division) Limited 11. Dare Archway Franchise 12. The Almer Company Limited 13. Mother Dell's Bakerie Limited 14. Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited 15. Scrapbook 16. Western Division 17. Biscuit Division 18. Magazines and Advertising 19. Dare Foods Limited Manuals 20. Sunbeam Shoes Limited 21. Packaging 22. Product Photographs and Packaging 23. Sales Department Records 24. National Sales Meeting 1989 25. Promotional Display Contests 26. Radio Advertising 27. Television Advertising 28. Price Pages and Lists 29. Old Price Pages 30. Product Information Sheets 31. Photographs 32. Moving Images and Sound Recordings 33. Signs 34. Artifacts 35. Centennial Celebrations 36. Builders and Boosters 37. Quebec National Meeting 38. Dare Cookie News 39. Dare Candy News 40. Newspaper Clippings 41. The Dare Story 42. Candy Division 43. Ingredient Listings 44. Big V Drug Stores Anniversary Books 45. Share Transfers 46. Southland Plant

Dare Foods Limited
CA ON00351 GA 201 · Fonds · 1956, [196-]

Material accumulated by William J. Hopp, a baker and plant supervisor at the Dare Biscuit Company in Kitchener, Ontario, and other material relating to the incorporation and history of Dare Foods Limited, including two labour strikes. Includes letters patent and by-laws, training and conference materials relating to the manufacture of cookies and crackers, recipe books containing cookie and cracker formulae, research reports, clippings, bulletins, correspondence and memoranda, photographs, catalogues and brochures, packaging, and other material.

Dare Foods Limited
David H. Snyder fonds
CA ON00351 GA 57 · Fonds · 1907-1948

Twelve daily diaries, intermittently spanning between 1907 and 1948, that contain entries pertaining to daily farm operations. Included, though unrelated, are two ledgers from a Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario general store for the years 1893 and 1907. Accounts listed include purchases by John King, father of William Lyon Mackenzie King, that help document the lifestyle of the King family while living at Woodside, now a National Historic Site.

Snyder, David H.
David Hill : sketchbooks
CA ON00351 GA 159 · Fonds · 1947-1983

Contents: sketchbooks and loose sketches by David Hill, American artist. Includes also material relating to his death and estate, primarily correspondence to Joe Plaskett. Includes correspondence to David Hill by Virgil Burnett.

Hill, David, 1914-1977
CA ON00351 GA 11 · Item · 1958

Typed letter regarding lumbering on Lake Huron, Ontario written by David M. Netterfield. The letter describes the history of the Spanish River Lumber Company that operated near the Sauble River, between 1882 and the 1940's, focusing on the 20th century history of the company. Account makes reference to the Spanish River Indian Reserve, Wahnapitae, Ontario, the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 and the Mississauga Timber Reserve. Also included is a business card dated July 14, 1958, for Noranda Mines Limited located in Toronto, Ontario with a handwritten note that reads: Thought this might interest you. Hope you had a good trip. Hank. 14 July/58."

Netterfield, David M.
David R. McKnight fonds
CA ON00351 GA 124 · Fonds · [1994?]

This fonds consists of three groups of photocopies accumulated by David R. McKnight for research. The first is a photocopy of Newmarket Cemetary Burial Records, 1869-1901, used for McKnight's publication Newmarket Cemetary Burial Records (1869-1901): a transcription from the Land Registry Office Records, York County Copybooks / transcription & production David R. McKnight, proofreading and editing, Rosemary Willard Ambrose. - [S.l.]: The Author, [1994]. The second is photocopies from an unknown source of documents relating to the Waterloo area. These include photocopies of official typescript transcriptions of land grants relating to land along the Grand River dated 1798, of a grant made to King's College in 1828, of maps from unidentified published works but originally from the National Archives of Canada, and photocopies of a number of 19th-century ms. agreements and indentures. Some of the items were originally stamped "Property of Registry Office, County of Waterloo". The third group of photocopies is a copy of a volume from the Archives of Ontario entitled "Crown lands" dated 1857, containing descriptions of same in Waterloo, Wellesley, Wilmot, Woolwich and North Dumfries townships.

McKnight, David R
David Shannon Bowlby fonds
CA ON00351 GA 33 · Fonds · 1892-1921

Twenty-eight items of correspondence between David Shannon Bowlby and his family.

Bowlby, David Shannon
Deed of Bargain and Sale
CA ON00351 GA 13 · Item · 1834

Deed of bargain and sale on vellum, dated December 12, 1834, details a transaction between Vincent Dewell, and his wife Harriet, with Henry Smith regarding a plot of land in exchange for 50 pounds. The plot of land is identified as the west part of lot 29 on the 8th concession of Hope Township in Durham County, Upper Canada. Two red wax seals appear on the bottom right corner of the deed.

Dewell, Vincent
CA ON00351 GA 29 · Item · January 21, 1936

One letter dated January 21, 1963 and addressed to "My Dear Jean" from Dion Calthrop Clayton regarding his book. Underneath the body of the letter is a drawing in black ink of a person blowing on a trumpet. There is also a separate, folded leaflet included with the letter titled, "In Memoriam 1881-1937". Inside the leaflet is a black and white profile shot of Calthrop.

Calthrop, Dion William Palgrave Clayton
CA ON00351 GA 216 · Fonds · 1946-1986

Contents: fonds consists of materials relating to the oral history interviews that were conducted, as well as final reports that were created based on the subject. This includes transcripts of twenty one interviews and accompanying appendices, three student reports on the project and related themes, a photocopy of an essay detailing the history of the mill pre Dominion and a file of miscellaneous materials.
Arranged in five series: 1. Research : 2. Interviews : 3. Student Reports : 4. Appendices : 5. Miscellaneous.

Dominion Woollens and Worsteds Ltd
Donald D. Cowan fonds
CA ON00351 GA 165 · Fonds · [196-]-[2004?]

Fonds consists of records documenting the career of Donald D. Cowan. Fonds is comprised of the following series: 1. Personal Files, 1960, 1985, 2000 2. University of Waterloo Files 3. University of Waterloo Teaching Files 4. Works : Research, 1966-1988, 2001-[2004?] 5. Works : Manuscripts, [196-]-1990, 2001 6. Works : Publications, 1966-1988, [ca. 2002] 7. Works : Talks, Presentations, 1974-1986

Cowan, D. D. (Donald D.), 1938-
Dorothea Palmer collection
CA ON00351 WA 17 · Collection · 1931-1937

Franklin W. Wegenast's material relating to the trial of Dorothea Palmer. It contains correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts of court examinations, arguments used in court, research materials, documents, printed and published items, and clippings relating to the case Rex vs. Palmer.

Palmer, Dorothea, 1908-1992
CA ON00351 GA 174 · Fonds · [photocopied 2004 (originally created 1911, 1936)]

Contents: consists of one photocopied memoir and a file of photocopied clippings.

Honsberger, J.F., 1859-1937
CA ON00351 GA 116 · Fonds · 1896-1958

Fonds consists of textual materials including the speeches and speech notes of Mayor Leavine and Dr. S.F. Leavine, M.P.P (PC), clippings, correspondence, a medical research paper, a degree certificate and schedule of studies from the Medical Faculty at Queen's University in Kingston, as well as ephemeral materials. Fonds also includes small number of photographs and two scrapbooks. Fonds is comprised of the following series: 1. Political career 2. Medical career 3. Personal 4. Photographs 5. Ephemera 6. Scrapbooks

Leavine, Stanley Francis, 1896-1958
E. Cora Hind collection
CA ON00351 WA 5 · Collection · 1926, 1945, [196-]

Biographical information, two audio reels entitled "Between Ourselves", correspondence regarding purchase of same, and one autographed photograph.

Hind, Ella Cora