File contains a three page speech presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mechanics Institute on May 1, 1887. The report discusses the events of the previous year and the Institute's business.
Port Hope Mechanics InstituteFonds reflects the administration of Loyal Orange Lodge No. 876, particularly its membership, finances, and meetings. Records are arranged into two series, one containing dues books and membership rolls, the other containing minute books. The fonds also contains records that are not part of any series, including the Lodge's warrant, lists of past masters, and Orange Order-related prints.
Loyal Orange Lodge No. 876 (North Bay)This fonds consists of John Peirson’s diaries with enclosures, for the years: 1888, 1892-1919, 1921-1925, and 1927. His brief daily journal entries include information related to his family, political life, rural life, personal financial information, social engagements, church meetings, weather and farm operations and activities, including ploughing, sowing and the sale of animals. Mr. Peirson also makes mention of world events, including the sinking of the Titanic and the end of the Great War.
Journals after 1919 each continue to have the name “John Peirson” written on the title page, sometimes with the name of the person who gave the diary to him as a gift; however, most entries in those journals appear to have been written either by John’s daughter-in-law, Catherine (Black) Peirson, and/or his daughter, Mary Ann (Peirson) Hilborn, both of whom were living in houses on the homestead with John. These journals include references to “father” and his health. Other topics include social activities, Women’s Institute meetings, social visits, family life, and some financial information.
Enclosures in the diaries, such as invoices, statements and newspaper clippings, reflect some of the businesses in the community, such as W.A. Gerolamy, grocer; J.W. Chittick Burgoyne General Store; and The Tara Creamery. John Peirson’s involvement with the Burgoyne Cheese Company, and family events reported in the newspaper up to 1937 are also reflected in the enclosures.
Peirson, JohnThis file contains a hand-written draft of the 1889 Annual Meeting Minutes of the Port Hope Mechanics Institute.
Port Hope Mechanics InstituteFonds reflects the administration of Loyal Orange Lodge No. 758, particularly its membership and lodge meetings. Fonds contains roll books, minute books, and an annual return.
Loyal Orange Lodge No. 758 (Powassan)The fonds consists of records related to the history and activities of the Zorra Rebekah Lodge and the Embro Star Lodge, connected through the Independent Order of Oddfellows of the Great Lodge in Ontario. The collection is arranged into the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Death Certificate, 2005
Series 2: Photographs
-File 1: 1930-1940
-File 2: 1940-1950
-File 3: 1950-1960
-File 4: 1970-1980
-File 5: Not Dated
Series 3: Attendance Register, 1979
Series 4: Cash Books
-Subseries A: Embro, 1889-1982
-Subseries B: Thamesford, 1910
-Subseries C: Woodstock, 1966
-Subseries D: Unknown Location, 1923-1988
Series 5: Membership Register Account, 1881-1923
Series 6: Meeting Minutes
-Subseries A: Embro, 1889-1966
-Subseries B: Ingersoll, 1992-1963
-Subseries C: Woodstock, 1900
Series 7: Officer’s Roll Books, 1898-1941
Series 8: Oversized Photographs, 1960-1970
Embro Star LodgeFonds consists of material created and collected by Sadie Stren related to the Brantford Jewish community, as both a member of the community and an author researching its history. Among the records are newspaper and article clippings, correspondence, research notes, records of the Brantford Hebrew Association, miscellaneous printed and published material, Hadassah minutes, records related to Congregation Beth David and its Hebrew School and photographs.
The Brantford Hebrew Association records include 3 ledger books which span the years between 1909 to 1952, legal documents for the Association including the original letters patent incorporating the Brantford Hebrew Association in 1911.
The fonds consists of minute books, cash books, Tweedsmuir history books, photographs, house histories, and correspondence pertaining to the activities of the Wilton Women’s Institute. Fonds is comprised of the following series:
Series 1: Minutes
Series 2: Tweedsmuir History Books
Series 3: Correspondence
Series 4: Programming
Series 5: By-laws, handbooks and songbooks of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario and Canada
Series 6: Guest Books
Series 7: Publications
Series 8: Ceremonial Items
Series 9: Photographs and video
The fonds consists of correspondence and papers, reports, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs, tapes and films, related to Allan Grossman's political career, community work, and family life.
Grossman, Allan, 1910-1991The fonds consists of records related to local businesses, schools, churches, and built heritage in Woodstock, Ontario, as well as materials related to other communities within Oxford County. It is arranged into the following series and subseries:
Series 1: Photographs & Postcards
Sub-series A: Postcards
Sub-series B: Souvenir Postcard Booklet
Series 2: Businesses
Sub-series A: Woodstock
Sub-series B: Ingersoll
Series 3: Ephemera
Series 4: Stamp Collection
Series 5: Scrapbooks
Fonds consists of photographs, photograph albums, and associated documentation, created by the family of Wilbur P. Baulch, 1890-1972.
Baulch (family)Fonds consists of the records created and accumulated by Ida Siegel, documenting her personal and professional life, along with her philanthropic work. The types of records include personal reminiscences, diaries and memoirs, family correspondence, professional correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, newsclippings, oral histories and photographs.
Siegel, Ida LewisFonds reflects the administration of Loyal Orange County Lodge of Nipissing East and its governance of the district and primary Orange lodges within its jurisdiction. Fonds contains minute books (arranged into a series), attendance books, a dues book, and a list of past County Masters.
Loyal Orange County Lodge of Nipissing EastCollection consists of various materials and documents related to the history of Port Hope, c1910-1985. Please refer to file and item-level descriptions for more detailed information.
File consists of meeting minutes from St. Paul's Anglican Church at Perrytown, 1895-1897. It includes: Vestry Minutes (Easter), 1895-1897; Special Meeting, 1895; and Meeting Minutes, May 1897.
St. Paul's Anglican Church, Perrytown (1840-)Materials collected by Lewis Zandbergen, including many editions of the Stirling News Argus and Community Press newspapers, some Belleville school yearbooks and a small collection of photographs.
Series consists of photograhs depicting the people and places of early Vaughan as well as the post offices throughout Vaughan Township (Norberta wrote a book Chatting About the Post Offices of Vaughan Township, Ontario, published 1983), Norberta was also a long-time journalist with the Woodbridge and Vaughan News and thus some of the photos she used in her articles can also be found in this series.
Series consists of fifteen (15) files of historical research and notes created by Harold Reeve during the course of developing various publications.; History of Hope Township Copies; History of Hope Township Notes; History of Hope Township Chapters 1-17; Founding Fathers of Port Hope; Streets of Port Hope; Reminiscenses of Earliest Settlement; History of Port Britain; Naming of Port Hope; Hope Township Names; Historical Records (see separate entry); Personalities of Port Hope; Research - Brown, Meredith, Andrews - Hope Consolidated Road Company; Names Research - Byington and Johnson; Names Research - Smith-Marsh; History Research Notebooks.
Reeve, W. HaroldCollection consists of various documents and objects related to the history of Port Hope, c1900-2016. Please refer to series, file, or item-level descriptions for more detailed information.
Series consists of thirty-six (36) photographs and slides of Port Hope, including: Garden Hill, 28 Princess Street, and the building of the Canadian National Railway Station on Hope Street North. For more information please refer to the photograph database, onsite.
Loucks, Barbara