Series consists of three minute books and thirty-one folders of minutes created by the Port Hope & District Agricultural Society, 1945-2002. It contains minutes, agendas, newspaper clippings, notes, and correspondence detailing each annual Fall Fair and general Agricultural Society business.
Port Hope and District Agricultural SocietyFonds consists of records generated by the members of the Whitby Knitting Club. Records represent club operations associated with fundraising, knitting, distributing packages overseas, and the resulting incoming and outgoing correspondence. Fonds consists of two series: Administrative records and Correspondence.
Whitby Knitting ClubFonds consists of the papers of the Opportunity for Youth organization, 1986-1990. It also includes: newspaper articles, photographs, and four (4) VHS cassettes of various events. Refer to series-level descriptions for more information.
Port Hope Opportunity for YouthSeries consists of the complete run of newsletters of the Ganaraska Valley Probus Club, "Ganaraska Currents," 2008-2015. The newsletters contain: events calendars, photographs of Probus events, jokes, prize winners, local interest articles written by club members, and a listing of current board members.
Ganaraska Valley Probus ClubFonds consists of the papers and drawings of Mary Shane (nee Ferguson) from 1909-1960. They were created in multiple locations across Ontario, including: Perth, Mitchell, Brampton, Oakville, Bowmanville, and Port Hope. It has been arranged into five (5) series: (1) Art; (2) Clippings; (3) Correspondence; (4) Newspapers; (5) Publications.
Shane, Mary (nee Ferguson)Collection consists of various papers and publicity materials developed during the course of running Olde Tyme Christmas, c1970-1980. For more detailed information, see item-level descriptions.
Olde Tyme Christmas CommitteeFonds consists of various newsletters and printed materials collected by Ron Tozer, (former) Treasurer of the Port Hope Kinsmen Club. For more detailed information, refer to series-level descriptions.
Port Hope Kinsmen ClubFonds consists of materials created in the development and running of St. Paul's Anglican Church at Perrytown, Hope Township, c1880-1972. For more detailed information, see series-level descriptions.
St. Paul's Anglican Church, Perrytown (1840-)Fonds consists of photographs, photograph albums, and associated documentation, created by the family of Wilbur P. Baulch, 1890-1972.
Baulch (family)Fonds consists of three (3) blueprints of The Bluestone House, 1918; various Port Hope receipts; receipts from the Port Hope Hospital Trust; and publications related to Monsignor Leo. A. Cleary.
File consists of a ledger book including meeting minutes from the Port Hope Old Boys and Girls Association, Toronto Branch, 1923-1928. The book includes many historically important Port Hope Names (i.e. Brockenshire, Snell, Baulch, Merrifield, Skitch, Mackie, Byrne, Davidson, Lockington, Craig, Hacker, McLennan, Clarke, Kelly, McMahon, Wright, Martin, Kerr, etc.). Early meetings were held in the home of William Skitch (311 Jarvis Street, Toronto), with E.C. Merrifield serving as Secretary.
Port Hope Old Boys' AssociationFonds consists of the operating papers of the Port Hope Mechanics Institute (later Port Hope Carnegie Free Public Library, and Port Hope Public Library), c1874-1889. Please refer to series-level descriptions for more detailed information.
Port Hope Mechanics InstituteCollection consists of a large amount of information on Port Hope, the former Township of Hope (Hope Township), and surrounding area. Some of the subjects covered are family histories, churches, hydro power, organizations, clubs and societies, floods, Port Hope harbour, historical information on the town and area, houses, public buildings, industry and small businesses, railways, viaducts and bridges along with original newspapers reflecting on the history of Port Hope as well as information on municipal matters and various government reports. The historical information covers a period from the mid-19th century to 2000. The fonds also consists of a large number of photographs. It also consists of a number of newspaper editions including special editions.
It has been arranged into twelve (12) series: (1) Family Histories; (2) Churches; (3) Hydro Power (Eldorado; Port Hope Hydro); (4) Organizations / Clubs / Societies; (5) Floods and Flood Control (Port Hope Floods; Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority; Corbett's Pond and Dam; Port Hope Harbour); (6) Historical Information on Port Hope and Hope Township (General Historical Information on Port Hope; Historical Information on Port Hope Houses; Historical Information on Port Hope Public Buildings); (7) Railways / Viaducts / Bridges; (8) Industry and Small Businesses; (9) Municipal Matters in Port Hope / Government Reports; (10) Books, Posters, Maps and Glass Negatives; (11) Newspapers; (12) Photographs. (*Series' are adapted from various accession numbers in the fonds)
Fonds consists of materials created and collected by the Port Hope Archives related to the "Our Memories: Downtown Port Hope" Oral History Project. It has been arranged into eight (8) series: (1) Research and Workshop; (2) Development Papers; (3) Business Directory Research; (4) Agreement Forms; (5) Written Submissions; (6) Electronic Documents; (7) Project Planning Scrapbook; (8) Oral History Interviews.
Port Hope ArchivesCollection consists of a group of Cemetery Records for various cemeteries in the Municipality of Port Hope. For more detailed information, please refer to series-level descriptions.
Port Hope & District Historical SocietyFonds consists of records related to the Women's Institute based out of Elizabethville (former Hope Township). It includes a hand-written minute book for the branch (1989-2004), and an official Women's Institute handbook (1987).
Elizabethville Women's InstituteFonds consists of papers and artifacts related to various Port Hope organizations, the Fulford Bros. Dry Goods Store, and the Downtown Revitalization "Norwich Plan," c1907-1975. For more detailed information, please refer to series-level descriptions.
Fulford, Edward LightleFonds consists of documents gathered by Harold Reeve. It includes personal records, photographs, one (1) clippings scrapbook, historical records, and notes regarding the publication "The History of Hope Township." See series descriptions for more information.
Reeve, W. HaroldCollection consists of various local history information and original documents compiled and collected by Norman Thomas Long over the course of his life living and working in Port Hope, Ontario. Most of the collection is housed in a vertical subject filing cabinet in the Reading Room at the Port Hope Archives (a file-listing is available). For more detailed information, please refer to file and item-level descriptions.
Item is a quilted wall-hanging, showing buildings of Port Hope. The buildings depicted on the quilt are as follows: Dunain, Belgrave's Water Tower (Greenwood Towers), The Octagon House, Pinehurst, The Bluestone, The Cone, St. Mark's Anglican Church, Port Hope Harbour, Town Hall, Robert Mitchell House, Forge Cottage, Chapel at Trinity College School, Walton Street, Viaduct, Ganaraska River, Wimbourne, North American Hotel, Methodist Church, United Church, CN Railway Station and The Belvedere. It was created by Betty Kerr (d. 2001) in 1984 to celebrate Port Hope's Sesquicentennial.
Kerr, Elizabeth (Shuttleworth)