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The fonds consists of records/artefacts related to Pioneer Telephone Company Ltd. of East Oxford Township and consists of the following Series:

        Series 1: Administration
        Series 2: Miscellaneous

Item is a catalogue for Sanitary Manufacturing Co. Ltd. entitled "Port Hope Enameled Iron Sanitary Ware for the Home," c1916.

Item is a Christmas card showing the Port Hope Historical Centre, formerly the fire hall on Walton Street. Photograph taken from the Ganaraska River looking north. The card is not used.

Item is an edition of "Foster Meharry Russell: The Life and Times of the Community Publisher," 1986. It includes the following sections: Millbrook, 1907-1925; Port Hope, 1925-1938 (pp. 26-55); Coldwater, 1938-1946; Cobourg, 1946-1984. Published by R.W. Jean Russell and Maracle Press, Oshawa. It is inscribed: "Ted [Watts] with love xxx on his 70th Birthday - Jean."

Item is one (1) copy of "Everybody's Port Hope: In All Seasons" eBook, 2009. The "book" is a digital PDF file created by Albert Seaman, and includes the following chapters: (1) The Ganaraska River, (2) Spring, (3) Summer, (4) Autumn, (5) Christmas, (6) Winter, (7) Anytime.

Item is a directory of the congregation of the First Baptist Church, 1974. The information was compiled by the church, which is located at 57 John Street, under the direction of Pastor J.C. MacFarlane. It includes a complete listing of the congregation of the church, including photographs and contact information.

Item is an edition of "The Anchor" the newsletter of the Northumberland Branch of the Navy League of Canada, November 2009. The Navy League hosts meetings out of the RCSCC Skeena, located at 17 Mill Street South, Port Hope.

Item is an edition of "60 Years on Ice" a publication of the Port Hope Figure Skating Club Inc., 13 Mar 2010. The programme includes photographs of each skating team and information about their performance at the 60th anniversary event.

Item is a book which was presented as an award. The book plate reads "This prize for proficiency in bookkeeping was presented to John S. Gibson a pupil in the United Grammar of Common Schools, Port Hope, Dec 24th 1866." The book includes maps and illustrations.

Item is a copy of "In My Garden" by Jean Kilby Rorison, part of the Ryerson Poetry Chap-Books. Also included are 20 additional pages believed to be in Jean Kilby Rorison's hand-writing with poems. Some typed pages. Also newspaper clippings with her poems. Note included with the holding indicates the pieces were collected before 1954.

Item is a 1st edition, 1901 copy of "Port Hope Historical Sketches" signed by the author W. Arnot Craick in 1963. Also included is a copy of the prospectus that was created about 1900 for advertising purposes.