Series consists of two books on Canada. The map from"Canada, an essay" was removed and encapsulated, while "Appendix to report..." is stored in over-sized box 5.
- J. Sheridan Hogan, "Canada; an essay, to which was awarded the first prize by the Paris Exhibition Committee of Canada", Montreal: J. Lovell, 1855, 128 pages.
- "Appendix to report of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. Part II, Maps of Canada", Toronto : Printed by S. Derbishire & G. Desbarats, 1857.
Series consists of 94 items of correspondence between five files, specifically items to Dr. Beaumont Dixie (file 1), to Anna Dixie (file 2), to Elizabeth "Bessie" Dixie (file 3), to Bertha Dixie (file 4), and miscellaneous correspondence, including a lock of Dr. Dixie's hair.
Series consists of a day book of household expenditures, kept by Bertha Dixie, the late doctor's daughter.
Series consists of 6 volumes of day books, recording the day-by-day visits to patients by Dr. Dixie.
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)Series consists of financial records from 1834 to 1891.
- volume 1, account book, 1834 - 1849
- volume 2, ledger, 1851 - 1854
- volume 3, ledger, 1852 - 1854
- volume 4, ledger, 1856 - 1891
- volume 5, ledger, 1844 - 1845
- volume 6, alphabetical index to ledger
- volume 7, alphabetical index to ledger
- volume 8, alphabetical index to ledger, 1856 - 1891
Series consists of a watercolour painting, not dated, and a photograph of John Forster, ca. 1880.
Series consists of a medical record of patients in an Irish hospital, with no obvious link to Dr. Dixie.
Item is a mounted photograph of John Forster. The back reads "John Forster, father of Anson Green Forster, grand father of Anson H. Forster". John Forster was buried at Churchville Cemetery; see authority records for details.
Mair, Wm. RossSeries consists of a note with regards to fees to Coroner's Constables; Act and Amendments respecting the Registration of Births, Marriages and Death in Ontario, 1870; and a pamphlet on titled "Cannabis Indica. East Indian Hemp.", published by Tilden & Co. Manufacturing Pharmaceutists & Chemists, discussing the medical uses for it and over 100 other drugs.
Item is a page, likely used in fundraising for the service. It features three stories of rescue by the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, a list of the 233 lifeboat stations under their management (in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland), the rescues of the institution in 1871, and a small summary of financials and awards received. Featured rescues are the wrecked schooner Hero, by the lifeboat Centurion of Walmer, Kent, United Kingdom on 16 October 1872; the French ketch the Zébre [sic, Zèbre], by the lifeboat Dr. Hatton of Littlestone, 26 October [1872]; and the Lily, trapped on the Hasborough Sands, by the lifeboat British Workman of Palling, Norfolk, 26 October 1872.
Item is a watercolour painting of The Grotto of Posillipo, Naples, now known as the Crypta Neapolitana. The site was built ca. 37 BCE, under the direction of the Roman architect Lucius Cocceius Auctus.