Series consists of two ACO house tour pamphlets; one for 1968, the other for 2012. The following places were featured in the 1986 tour; Idalia, Dunain, Batterwood House, Durham House, Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Cartwright's House, The Port Hope City Dairy, The Port Hope Town Hall, Bluestone, St. Mark's Church, Dr. and Mrs. Robert McDerment's House, Trinity College School and Port Hope's Main Street.
Collection 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.
Fonds consists of papers and photographs from the Long Family Collection. It includes materials created and accumulated by: Alfred H. Long (military publications, letter books), N. Tom Long (local history research files, St. Lawrence Hotel plan, directories, photographs), Geo. Wilson (memoirs, correspondence re: Port Hope Evening Guide, Wilson family photographs), and Brig. Gen. George H. Ralston. For more detailed information refer to series-level descriptions.
Series consists of photographs from the Long Family Collection. For item-level description please refer to Photograph Database, on-site at the Port Hope Archives.
Series consists of two letter books from the Long Bros. Insurance Co., 1889-1892 ; 1909. They include copies of letters written to clients and other businesses during the course of business at Long Bros. Insurance, 1889-1892 and 1909. The letters mention: telephone rates, general accident insurance, Standard Ideal Manufacturing, Barrett's Mill, Port Hope Harbour, Grand Trunk Railroad, John Hume, Argyle, Brodigan Canada Neckwear, Thos. Long Letterhead, court guides, Hutchings (Rental Agent), Dongan, AHCC (46th Regiment), Canadian Pacific Railway, John Gibson (Garden Hill), Benson, Helm, Montgomery Real Estate, Smallpox, livestock rates, John Tozer (Fire Department), Chalk, Giddy, Rosevear, Foundry (Bush), W.E. Beamish, Cumberland (Dunain), Perth Mutual, Fire Brigade, Fireman's Accident Insurance Co., Traders Fire Insurance Co., Hartford, skating and curling rink, Rimouski, Trinity College School, Nicholson File Company, St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Port Hope Marina.
Series consists of directories and pamphlets concerning Port Hope, 1940-1986. It includes: Town of Port Hope Directory, 1940; Town of Port Hope Directory, 1948; Port Hope Directory, 1955; Cobourg-Port Hope City Directory, 1975; Northumberland County Directory of Community Services, 1986; Industries of Canada, 1886 (copy); Ottawa Report of Allan Lawrence, M.P., 1985; Port Hope: The Prettiest Town in Ontario, c1960; Just Facts... About Port Hope, Ontario, c1950.
Series consists of a manuscript for memoirs of Mr. Adamson's (from Hill and Dale) excursion through Egypt and Cyprus aboard the S.S. Exhibitor (American Export Lines), 1936. The manuscript is typed on carbon copy paper.
Series consists of various newspaper clippings from the Port Hope Evening Guide documenting the work of Port Hope photographers, 1980-1989. Including the business cards of Robb Demill, Michael Wallace, and David M. Robson; and articles regarding Christopher Creighton's attempt to break a world record for the longest panoramic photograph (1988).
Series consists of newspaper clippings recounting the history of the Opera House, copies of advertisements for the Port Hope Opera House (Music Hall), and original programs for "Mrs. Jarley's Wax Works," "Esther," and "The Grand Patriotic Concert" (1909-1914).
Series consists of research conducted by N. Tom Long related to the history of the Neelands Block, 7-9-11 Queen Street, Port Hope.
Series consists of various research, notes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence created by N. Tom Long related to Col. Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams. It also contains notices related to Sarah S. Williams (nee Ward), Phyllis Williams Arnoldi, William Fraser, and John Tucker Williams.
Series consists of newspaper clippings related to the deaths of King George V, King George VI, Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor), and Wallis Simpson (later Duchess of Windsor), c1935-1986. It also includes the following publications: "A Form of Prayer and of Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the Protection Afforded to His Majesty King George V of Great Britain during the Twenty-five Years of his Auspicious Reign," 6 May 1935; "Memorial Service" for King George V, 1936 (Montreal); "The Form and Order of the Service that is to be performed and the ceremonies that are to be observed in the Coronation of their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the Abbey Church of S. Peter Westminster on Wednesday the 12th Day of May 1937."
Series consists of three (3) newspaper clippings regarding AMF Atomics Canada Limited on Cobourg Road (Highway No. 2), 1956-1986.
Series consists of newspaper clippings, notes, and correspondence related to the E.T. Hamly, and Harcourt families of Port Hope, c1880-1985.
Series consists of newspaper clippings, notes, correspondence and information regarding the Patterson House at 5 King Street, 1930-1989. It also includes N. Thomas Long's Civic Award Certificate (1989), and invitation to the Town of Port Hope Civic Awards Ceremony, 4 Feb 1989.
Series consists of newspaper clippings, and correspondence related to a study of the Downtown and Harbourfront areas of Port Hope, 1978-1988.
Series consists of a photograph and floor plans of the St. Lawrence Block, 87-97 Walton Street, 1974.
Series consists of nine (9) publications related to the history of the Municipality of Port Hope, 1901-1984. It includes: (1) "Excerpts from the 'Grapevine'" by Miss Pearl Wilson; (2) "Notes on St. Mark's Church, Port Hope" by Agatha Simister (2 copies); (3) "Historic Port Hope, 1834-1984" Map; (4) "Port Hope Centennial and Old Boy's and Girl's Re-Union" Programme, 1934 (copy); (5) "Port Hope: A Brief History in Picture and Prose," by Geo. V. Strong; (6) "Picturesque Port Hope," by W. Williamson; (7) "The Ganaraska Review, Volume One Number 1, September 1988," by Port Hope Original Group. This series also includes a copy of "Picturesque Port Hope" and the "Port Hope Old Boys Re-Union Souvenir 1901" located in the Reading Room Reference Collection.
Series consists of a type-written copy of "Memoirs of My Life" by George Wilson, c1862. It was written in Montreal, and dedicated to Sarah (his wife). The series also includes one edition of the Port Hope Evening Guide (17 Jun 1929), as published by Geo. Wilson.
Series consists of four (4) military publications originally owned by Capt. Alfred Henry Clark Long as part of his training and deployment with "A" Company in the 46th Regiment, 136th Battalion, 1909-1916. It includes: "Regulations for the Clothing of the Canadian Militia, Part II," 1909; "Notes on Company Training 3rd Division"; "Tactical Notes"; "Canadian Expeditionary Force Units - Instructions for Governing Organization and Administration," 1916.