Photograph of Bandshell in Port Hope
Team portrait of the Port Hope Baptist Church Junior Hockey Team winners from 1916-1917.
Top Row, L-R: Harold Clarke, Harry Brown, William McMillan
Middle Row: Lester Thomas, Harold Keeler, Arthur Young, Ralston Roberts
Bottom Row: Harold Trawin, Fred. Jex
Team portrait of the Port Hope Baptist Church Junior Hockey Team winners from 1916-1917.
Top Row, L-R: Harold Clarke, Harry Brown, William McMillan
Middle Row: Lester Thomas, Harold Keeler, Arthur Young, Ralston Roberts
Bottom Row: Harold Trawin, Fred. Jex
File consists of multiple scrapbooks containing photos and media coverage of each year's Port Hope & District Agricultural Society Fall Fair for the years 2003-2013.
Port Hope and District Agricultural SocietyItem is a cookbook prepared by the Port Hope Figure Skating Club for fundraising purposes, c. 1970s. Recipes were gathered by members of the club.
Port Hope Public LibraryColourized postcard of the view of Port Hope from a high vantage point west of the town. Labelled as printed by G.V. Strong, Port Hope, Ontario
Item is a 'Port Hope Harbour Plan of Extension' created in 1856 by Thomas C. Clarke, Engineer. Plan shows the Lake and harbour area up to Augusta Street and the Market Square. Includes later notations and drawings overlaid on the plan which show the Midland Roundhouse and railway line, water depths in the harbour area, and modifications to the harbour drawing- one modification is labelled as May 18, 1857. The back of the plan includes notes about the cost of the harbour between 1852-1867.
Item is a Christmas card representing Port Hope High School.
Item is an edition of the "Blue 'N White" Port Hope High School yearbook, 1968. Includes photos of students, staff, activities, events, sports team and clubs.
Port Hope High SchoolItem is a notice to invite Port Hope residents to organize the Port Hope Horticultural Society in 1894. From the back of the card: "Notice! A meeting of the members of the proposed Port Hope Horticultural Society will be held at 4 o'clock, p.m. on Thursday, January 11th, 1894 at the Provisional Council Chamber, in McLean's Building, on Walton Street, Port Hope, for the purpose of organizing the said Society and the Election of Officers for the first year. H. H. Burnham, Mayor Port Hope, Jan. 9th, 1894." Card is addressed to George Watson of Port Hope.
Port Hope & District Horticultural SocietyItem is a handmade poster featuring a commemorative letter to Shuter Nimrod Haskill by the Ontario Lodge No. 26 (Port Hope Masonic Lodge).
Port Hope Masonic LodgeConsists of one (1) advertising poster for the Port Hope "National" One Piece Sink, from the Port Hope Sanitary Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Port Hope Sanitary Manufacturing CompanyItem is a photographic portrait of F.W. Wilson, taken by photographer E.T. Hamley of Port Hope.
Item is a postcard addressed to Barlow Cumberland of Port Hope, featuring a photograph of a small child and a partially illegible message about the child.
The fonds consist of the following Series:
Series 1: Minute Books (1947-1997)
Series 2: Tweedsmuirs (1960-before 1997)
Series 3: Financial (1987-2020)
Item is a Probate of Will for Henry Piles of Hamilton Township, which mentions transferring property in Hamilton Township to his son John Henry of Hope Township.
Item is the Probate Will of Richard Penwarden of the Township of Hope.
Names Mentioned:
Richard Penwarden
Mary Penwarden (wife)
Thomas Penwarden (son)
William Penwarden (son)
Mary Anne Terrace (?) (daughter)
Elizabeth Evans (daughter)
Mary Stapleton
James Stapleton
Public Library Expansion, 1978 - Georgetown Cable Television Cable 4, Magazine. Panel discussion led by Vera McDonald regarding the proposed expansion/replacement of the Georgetown. Library Participating in the discussion were John Sommer, Anne Currie, and Bruce Harding. (Acc. #94.28). Audio Cassette. July 12, 1978
Esquesing Historical Society AuthorityRecordQueen Victoria – Barbara Rusch, Queen Victoria enthusiast, presents her slide show and collection of ephemera. EHS meeting. Audio Cassette. May 10, 2006
Esquesing Historical Society AuthorityRecordThe fonds consists of two financial ledgers compiled by Robert Lindsay, General Merchant, of Innerkip, between the years 1856-1865.
Lindsay, Robert