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Dr. Beaumont Dixie fonds
Fonds · 1832 - 1929

Fonds consists of the medical, financial, and personal records of Dr. Beaumont Dixie and his family. Day-books record his visits to patients on his daily rounds, but for the most part the nature of the illnesses is unmarked. The exception being "ex dent" (pulling teeth) and "attending" (childbirth). The fonds includes some items created by or sent to other family members, including correspondence and a household day-book. The fonds also includes a watercolour painting, a photograph, printed material, and published books.

Dixie, Dr. Beaumont (1819 - 1898)
Collection · [192-] - [20--]

Collection consists of material documenting the Lakeview Golf Course collected by Ian Blair, a Mississauga businessman who played the golf course for more than 40 years. Blair was also Chairman of the golf course’s Centennial Celebration Committee. The collection includes letters of congratulation, score cards, photographs, posters, and plaques collected by Blair during his time on the Committee.

  • Scorecards and green fee tickets, ca. 1930-1997
  • Photographs, [199-?]
  • Sports celebrity & amateur tournament registration forms, 1996
  • Awards & recognition, [199-]
Kathleen Osborne collection
Collection · [ca. 1918] - [ca. 1943]

Collection consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, and correspondence collected by Bull family employee Kathleen Osborne. Most of the material pertains to the Bull family (please see the Wm. Perkins Bull fonds description for more information on this family). Ms. Osborne served in the Bull family’s London homestead at 2 Eaton Place S.W. 1. from approximately 1928-1938.

Might family fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1860] - [ca. 1900]

Fonds consists of cabinet photographs, carte de visites and one tintype, all portraits of members of the Might family of Brampton and their relatives. The donor provided annotations regarding identities on tags attached to the photographs whose subjects were known to them. These were removed and photocopied along with the corresponding photograph; photocopies are included with the fonds. The subjects of some of the portraits are unknown. The first file contains identified portraits, the second unidentifed.

Page family collection
Collection · [189-?]-[20--]

Collection consists of a disassembled photograph album / scrapbook maintained by Hazel Page Bentley. The album includes various shots of the Page family’s store in Lakeview as well as their house at 407 Warf Avenue. Various family events are captured including weddings, birthdays, Christmases, and a celebration held at the Anne Street Hall in Port Credit. Other various items include land conveyances, birth certificates, and a Second World War certificate of medical rejection (for Mr. Page) printed on linen.

Al Betts fonds
Fonds · [196-?] – [ca. 1982?]

Records consist of photographs created by Streetsville resident Al Betts during his time as a professional photographer. Betts worked professionally as a photographer from ca. 1965 to ca. 1983.

Included are wedding portraits, passport portraits, photographs of various industrial and commercial properties, confirmation (first communion) photographs, and photographs taken for the Streetsville Review newspaper. The geographic coverage of the material is not limited to Streetsville or Toronto Township; Betts travelled throughout Ontario while working for clients, and as a result photographs of other locales are present (including Burlington, Etobicoke, and Toronto). One of Betts’ major commercial clients was the Toronto-based foundry and engineering company John T. Hepburn Ltd. and they sent him to document their projects throughout Ontario.

Betts, Al
Collection · 1910-1961 (predominant 1910-1957)

This collection consists of textual items collected by the Guelph Public Library Archives. The textual items consist of the program guides for the Women’s Literary Club of Guelph. These program guides list members, programme committee members, presidents and secretaries of the club, hosts, and the subjects of discussion.

This collection contains three program guides for the Huntsville Literary Club dating from 1933-1934, 1936-1937, and 1937-1938. Also included is an address by Dr. J.W. Mustard on Archaeology and history for the Macaulay Club of Chatham Ontario.

The Chieftain
Collection · 1982-03-17 - 1999-12-08
CA ON00397 2015.13 · Collection · 1970s-2011

Photographs of Deseronto, Ontario dating from the 1970s to 2011, depicting a variety of Town events. They include a set of aerial photographs of the town from the 1980s; the interior of the former Home Hardware store in the Baker Block on Main Street; the O’Connor House on Main Street before its demolition; the 1989 100th Anniversary celebrations, photographs of Centennial Park and Rathbun Memorial Park; the opening of the Deseronto Public Library in its 358 Main Street location in 2001; the Ontario Provincial Police handover ceremony in 2001; an Easter Parade from the early 2000s; a Santa Parade; the 2002 New Year’s Levee; and the 2010 Olympic Flame run in Deseronto.

Most of the photographs appear to have been taken by Town staff. One envelope was donated to the Town by Irene Usher and contains photographs taken by her late husband, Tom.

CA ON00380 1991.028 · Collection · [ca. 1900] - 1983

Collection consists of 287 post cards from communities throughout Peel, collected by Richard L. Frost. While assembled from a variety of sources by Frost as a private citizen, he was then the Chief Administrative Officer for the Region of Peel.

Specifically pictured in the selection are Alton, Belfountain, Bolton, Brampton, Caledon Township, Caledon East, Cataract. Cheltenham, Churchville, Clarkson, Cooksville, Dixie, Eldorado Park, Erindale, Forks of the Credit, Huttonville, Inglewood, Lorne Park, Malton, Meadowvale, Mississauga, Port Credit, and Streetsville. Limited postcards from outside Peel are included, showing Norval, Owen Sound, and Port Hope.

C42 · Collection · 2015

Collection consists of materials produced to celebrate 100 years of the poem in Flanders Fields by John McCrae. Included is a pamphlet outlining the events and speakers for the unveiling of the John McCrae Statue. There is also two booklets "In Flanders Fields at 100: Time to Remember" published by the Guelph Mercury and "John McCrae in Flanders Fields" published by New Smallprint Press.

Harvey Club fonds
CA ON00353 AFC 39 · Fonds · 1919-2006

The fonds consists of records related to the activities of the Harvey Club. Records include meeting agendas, minutes, banquet programmes, membership lists, financial records, correspondence, historical records, correspondence, photographs and newspaper clippings. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Series 1 Historical records Series 2 Meetings and events papers Series 3 Correspondence Series 4 Financial records Series 5 Membership records Series 6 Bulletins Series 7 Newspaper clippings Series 8 Photographs

Harvey Club (London, Ont.)
Clara Thomas fonds
CA ON00370 F0432 · Fonds · 1919-1996

The fonds consists of records that document the academic career of Professor Clara Thomas; her relationships with colleagues, family, and friends; and her writings in the field of Canadian literature. Fonds is comprised of the following series: Correspondence files Files relating to Margaret Laurence Student files Publication files Personal files

Thomas, Clara, 1919-2013
CA ON00159 P195 · Fonds · n.d; [ca. 1925-1947]

The William Meredith Ireton fonds contains 22 black & white photographs and 12 black & white negatives that attest to Ireton’s professional relocation to Northern Ontario and document the way of life in that area between 1925 and 1947.

Of the 22 photographs, at least 13 were taken in Connaught Station, Ontario before 1930. These photos depict Ireton himself, local townspeople (along with a dog named Woof Woof), social activities such as a picnic and concert, and buildings throughout town, including the drug store where Ireton worked as a pharmacist. Additional photos and negatives depict scenes on a dock, and of an unknown wedding, both in unidentified locations. Also included in the fonds are two photos of an Osulake Mines site at O’Sullivan Lake in 1947, likely reflecting Ireton’s work as an insurance salesman throughout Northern Ontario.

Ireton, William Meredith
CA ON00408 F043 · Fonds · 1928, 1981-2005

Fonds contains annual reports and newsletters.

Saint Andrew's United Church (North Bay)
Eva Wardlaw fonds
CA ON00408 F041 · Fonds · 1932-1997

Fonds reflects Eva Wardlaw's family history, including her immigration from Greece, as well as her education and career as a school principal and alderman in North Bay.

Wardlaw, Eva
CA ON00408 F007 · Fonds · 1933-1956

Fonds documents the North Bay Teachers' College branch's involvement in a Junior Red Cross program in which branches around the world created and exchanged portfolios (scrapbooks) in order to foster international understanding. Each scrapbook contains information about the branch that created it, its home country, city, and institution. The scrapbooks include photographs, drawings, paintings, handicraft samples, newspaper clippings, essays, and descriptions.

Junior Red Cross (North Bay Teachers' College)
Stan Pasko fonds
CA ON00408 F006 · Fonds · 1955-1986

Fonds contains materials relating to Pasko's time as a student at North Bay Teachers' College in 1955-1956.

Pasko, Stan