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Item is one volume of a handwritten lesson plan on botany, including plant descriptions of the root, leaf and inflorescence, as well as the organ number, cohesion, adhesion and form (if the plant flowers). Notes on any fruit that may grow on the plant are also given, as well as the classification of that fruit. Hand drawn or traced diagrams are included throughout the item.

Item is an auditor's report with statements and balance sheets for the Town of Copper Cliff, the Copper Cliff Public School, the Copper Cliff High School and the Copper Cliff Public Library.

Item is an auditor's report with statements and balance sheets for the Town of Copper Cliff.

Item is an auditor's report with statements and balance sheets for the Copper Cliff High School Board.

One bound, handwritten volume of the collector's roll for Fournier Ward in the Town of Sudbury.

One bound, handwritten volume of the collector's roll for Fournier Ward in the Town of Sudbury.

One bound, handwritten volume of the assessment roll for Fournier Ward in the Town of Sudbury.

Item is a four page paper, handwritten in pencil on lined linen paper, regarding the African Violet. This paper describes where the flower grows naturally and how to grow and care for the flower as a house plant.

Item consists of a typewritten, annotated paper, written in the format of a speech, which was most likely presented to the group at one of their monthly meetings. The paper outlines the growth and development of Chelmsford, Ontario during that time period (1950's) and focuses on such events as the laying of new roads, the creation of a new sewage system, the opening of new subdivisions, improvements to the local churches and the work being done by local groups and sports teams, such as the Lion's Club, the Women's Institute, the Girl Guides and the high school hockey team.

Item is a typed, carbon copy letter on onion skin paper from Thomas Dixon, Clerk of the Peace in Bruce County. The letter was most likely originally sent to a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) office in Bruce County and then copied and forwarded to other CPR stations, including the North Bay office. The letter quotes a letter Thomas Dixon received from the Attorney General on May 18, 1905 concerning homeless men in regards to burglaries and violent crimes. The letter instructs railway employees to assist the Railway Constables with handling these matters and to remind the constables of their duty to "administer the law strictly and vigorously."

Item is a four page, handwritten paper regarding Azilda, Ontario. This paper includes the history of Azilda, its geography and landscape, the French-Canadian and Finnish families who made up the majority of the inhabitants and the town's agricultural economy.

One envelope addressed to Mrs. Diana Mulcahey, Assistant Programme Director, Recreation Department, City of Sudbury, from the City of Sudbury, Ontario, Office of the Mayor. The city crest is included on the envelope.

Item is a workbook Karl Niemi used to learn cursive writing and math in grade three at South Side School in Copper Cliff, Ontario.

Item is Part A 2 of a grade eight social studies lesson plan consisting of nine sections that cover world geography. The nine sections include: "General Notes," "The Earth as a Whole," "How the Sun Lights and Heats the Earth," "The Atmosphere, Winds and Rain," "Weather and Climate," "The Ocean," "The Moon," "Eclipses" and "Migration." Tucked within the notebook is a newspaper clipping ("Underwater Photos and Surface Weatherdromes," The Star Weekly (Toronto, Ontario), October 15, 1949, p. 10.)

Item is one volume of a handwritten lesson plan about World History between 1800 and 1920. Topics include the unification of Germany, the rise of Nationalism, the relationship between "the Great Powers" (i.e. Russia, Italy, France and England), British colonization and growth, progress made in medicine since 1800, 19th century English Literature, Responsible Government in British North America (Canada pre-1867) and the basics of Socialism. World War I is featured in depth, including the causes of war, details of famous battles and the circumstances surrounding the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.

Item is volume one of a handwritten Canadian History Outline lesson plan. Subjects included in the lesson plan are: Indigenous pre-European contact and post-European contact, European explorers (including the Vikings), European settlement of North America, the Founding of New France, the Huron missions, the Hudson Bay Company, the Acadians, the Expulsion of the Acadians, the Quebec Act, the American Revolution and the United Empire Loyalists. Tucked within the notebook are three copies of a typed, sixty line Canadian History in verse, two typed copies of a Canadian History Review with forty-eight questions and answers, a typed poem in verse entitled "Wolfe" by Grade 8 student James Yeates in 1938, two hand drawn maps, various handwritten history notes and a newspaper clipping ("Historian Calls Cabot Follower, Not Finder," Globe and Mail, March 4, 1961, p. 9).

Item is an auditor's report with statements and balance sheets for the Town of Copper Cliff, the Copper Cliff Public School, the Copper Cliff High School and the Copper Cliff Public Library.

Item is an auditor's report with statements and balance sheets for the Town of Copper Cliff, the Copper Cliff Public School, the Copper Cliff High School and the Copper Cliff Public Library.

Item consists of one minute book kept by the Creighton Mine Athletic Association (C.M.A.A.). Between 1953 and 1956 the meetings were held monthly at the Employees Club at the International Nickel Company (Inco) in Creighton Mine. After that period the meetings became irregular and were held every few months as needed. Each of the meeting minutes begins with a list of the members present at the meeting and a reading of the previous meeting's minutes. After the previous meeting's minutes were read, approved and passed, the group moved on to discussing carried over and new business. Business varied for the C.M.A.A. throughout the year depending on the season and which sports were in play at the time. Baseball, softball, soccer and tennis were discussed in the spring and summer, basketball and badminton in the fall and hockey in the winter. The minutes also mention how the C.M.A.A. funded a playground for Creighton Mine, planned a field day each year between 1951 and at least 1955, provided money for the upkeep on the Creighton Mine Rink and held an annual Christmas party. Fundraising events, such as bingo nights, dances, raffles, and parties to raise money to fund the activities they supported were also recorded in the minutes.

Item is a scrapbook created by the 1st Coniston Wolf Cub Pack consisting of short, handwritten entries about each Wolf Cub Pack meeting and social event. These entries include information about hikes the Wolf Cub Pack went on; the parades they took part in, such as Remembrance Day parades, a parade for Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation on June 3rd, 1953, and parades hosted by the local church; Parent's Night; the times they hosted the local Brownie group for a holiday party; fundraising events, such as candy sales, and their time spent at Cub Camp at Windy Lake. Also included is a photograph of the first 1st Coniston Wolf Cub Pack in October 1948 (This image appeared in the INCO Triangle, April 1949, p. 8). Individual photographs of the Cubmasters and Group Committee Members were included in the final entry of the scrapbook in January 1954, those men include: F. Cresswell, Reverend A.L. Chabot, Jack Stacey, R. Hood, G. Evershed, B. Piggot and N. Hayden. Each September entry in the scrapbook includes a list of new recruits. Also included is a sheet from Parents Night 1954 with the signatures of each members parents, including: S.J. Kidd, Ray [?], George Schmidt, Robert Keffer, Kaya Keffer, Patricia Hanson, Rose Ann Poirier, Annette Poirier, Katherine Boyd, Mr. & Mrs. J. Metcalfe and Susan, Mrs. H. Ronson and Linda, Mr. & Mrs. J.D. Horton and Linda, G.E. Rogerson, G. Evershed, W. Pigott, N. Hayden, R. Ballantyne, Helen Ballentyne, W. Patterson, W.A. Eastwood, Mrs. G. Evershed, G. Evershed, Betty Stacey, J. Forestell, E. Orendorff, Mrs. Ollet (Guide Captain), Mr. & Mrs. Vellow, Mr. & Mrs. Bellefeuille, Mrs. Laporte, Collette Laporte and P. Coombs. Finally, the inside cover of the scapbook (page 2) is handpainted with an image of the British Union Jack and another flag with an image of a wolf and '1st Coniston Wolf Cubs.'