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Contents : file consists of one letter from Christian Enslin, bookseller and bookbinder, Waterloo, Ontario to Fredrick Heinitsch, M.D., Lancaster, Pennsylvania requesting the right to "Mother Drops", a medicine created by Dr. Heinitsch on which he held the patent.
The letter also includes information on bookbinding and printing practices in Upper Canada and makes reference to local figures such as Benjamin Eby, Bishop of the Mennonites.

Contents: one holograph letter, written from the trenches in France. Ross Hamilton is sending Miss Henstridge a book he has found in a ruined house, and is asking for news of his old school, Kitchener Collegiate Institute.

Contents : consists of one group photograph of a construction crew, purportedly for Bridgeport School. They are posed with a sign: "John V. Gray Construction Co. Ltd, General Contractors, head office Toronto ...."

Scrapbook of manuscript notes, clippings, leaflets, handbills and other ephemera concerning the London, England Local Government 1890-1892.

One volume of household accounts, 1911-1919, kept by an unidentified female, probably from the Port Elgin, Ont. area.

Contents: one undated photograph showing a Breithaupt Leather Co. truck in front of the Shipping Dept. at the tannery, which was located in Kitchener, Ont. Photograph by Denton.

Contents: fonds consists of two ms. recipe books belonging to the Myle family. One is inscribed "Melora Myle" and one is inscribed "Kate Myle."

Contents: one 53 p. vellum bound ms. cookbook of unknown origin. Cookbook features approxamitely 50 recipes in at least fifteen different hands. Most recipes are for desserts, although a few are for savoury dishes and household products. Some recipes are signed and signatures include M. Moore, Mary Dawson, and S. Lowels. Also included in the file is an index of recipes and the original seller's note.

Contents : consists of one photograph of a section of King Street, Waterloo, Ont. showing recently completed paving work by Standardite Paving. Also visible in the photograph are streetcar tracks, early street lights and automobiles.

Consists of one model of an ideal bathtub. The lining of the bathtub can be removed, leaving the bathtub base.

Consists of one (1) advertising poster for the Port Hope "National" One Piece Sink, from the Port Hope Sanitary Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

Item is a cookbook prepared by the Port Hope & District Hospital with proceeds towards patient care. Recipes were provided by the nursing staff. Undated.

Item is a cookbook entitled "Restore St. Mark's Cookbook." It was sponsored by the St. Mark's Afternoon Guild of Service, undated. Recipes provided by parishioners for the purpose of raising funds for St. Mark's Restoration.

The fonds consists of various materials relating to the history of Oxford County and is broken down into the following Series and Subseries:

Series 1: Photographs
a) Gordon Pittock Dam Project (+ contact prints and negatives)
b) John Meathrell Bridge Project
c) Water Pollution Control Plan Ext No. 3, Admiral Street, Woodstock (contact prints and negatives)
d) Aerial photographs

• Conservation Authorities/Dams
• Gordon Pittock Dam
• City of Woodstock and surrounding areas
• Road/Bridge Construction work

• e) General

• Bridges
• C.P.R. Main line relocation Pittock Dam
• Drainage Maps
• Kelsey-Hayes Canada
• Miscellanous
• Oxford County/City of Woodstock
• Woodstock Fairgrounds

Series 2: Plot plans / Building site plans

• for farms and properties in Oxford County and other Ontario Counties

Series 3: Maps and Plans
a) Drains
b) General (including a City of Woodstock map dated 1907)
c) Reference Plans
d) Roads

The fonds consist of various materials related to the career of Betty McArthur including reproductions of her pen and ink sketches of scenes of Woodstock and photographs taken by her of Woodstock homes as well as photos of herself painting. In addition, the fond includes several miscellaneous items including copyright for her book “Fine Lines Around Woodstock”, a programme of a 1996 Show at the Woodstock Art Gallery of her work, and newspaper articles.

Item is a file manufactured by Nicholson File Company, Port Hope. Imprinted label says "Nicholson - Made in Canada - Cantsaw," undated.

The fonds consists of programmes for the Woodstock Festival of Music spanning the years of formation till its 50th Anniversary.

The fonds consist of 33 diaries written by Roy A. Bigham over the period of 1926-1970. Some diaries include such items as loose news clippings, letters, obituaries and photographs.

Item is a map highlighting all of the designated heritage properties in Port Hope (excluding the former Hope Township) as of Dec 1978.

Item is a poster for Morrish Wesleyan Methodist Church Anniversary & Strawberry festival, 9 Jul 1882.