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CA ON00333 12-003 · Fonds · 1958-2011

Fonds includes documentation pertaining to the professional and private life of John William Burbidge. Included are his manuscripts of books, articles, and sermons, and student papers. Also included are research materials, offprints of published articles, correspondence with publishers, personal correspondence, lecture notes relating to Professor Burbidge’s teaching career at Trent University, and congratulatory letters and cards relating to his retirement from Trent University and election to the Royal Society of Canada.

Burbidge, John William
CA ON00333 15-008 · Fonds · 1958-2015

This fonds consists of personal correspondence written by and to writer and editor Betsy Struthers concerning publications, teaching and editorial work. It also includes early unpublished and published poems and draft manuscripts, reviews and publicity for Censored Letters, Saying So Out Loud, Running Out of Time, Virgin Territory, Driven, Still, In Her Fifties, Where the Night Comes Closest, Relay, All That Desire: New and Selected Poetry, Found: A Body, Grave Deeds, A Studied Death, Poets in the Classroom and the chipbook, The Flood.

Struthers, Elizabeth (Betsy)
Fonds · 1955-1994

Fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, meeting minutes, certificates, membership lists, and committee by-laws pertaining to the Crawford’s Grove Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire in Peterborough, Ontario.

The Crawford’s Grove Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
Fonds · 1951-2012

Fonds consists of documents from Professor Jennifer Brown’s experience participating in an archaeological dig at the Serpent Mounds and her relationship to Professor Kenneth and Martha Kidd

Professor Jennifer Brown
Thomas H.B. Symons fonds
Fonds · 1951-2017

Fonds consists of personal and business correspondence, notes, reports, minutes, invitations, and other documents pertaining to the life and career of Thomas H.B. Symons

Thomas H.B. Symons
Fonds · 1949-2014

Fonds is comprised of materials pertaining to the life and career of playwright and author Munroe Scott. Included are miscellaneous correspondence files as well as manuscripts, correspondence, copyright permissions, research files, publicity materials, and reviews pertaining to his several books and plays. Included are 39 cassette tapes (and transcripts) of interviews by Munroe Scott with Dominion Sculptor Eleanor Milne and with authors, artists, and academics associated with Milne's work.

Scott, Munroe, 1927-
Fonds · 1949-2015

Fonds consists of personal and business correspondence, notes, reports, minutes, invitations, and other documents pertaining to the life and career of Thomas H.B. Symons.

Symons, T.H.B (Thomas Henry Bull), 1929-
Kathleen Bowley fonds
Fonds · 1943-2008

Fonds is comprised of photographs, letters, speeches, articles, newspaper clippings and historical research notes related to the life of Kathleen Richmond Barclay Bowley. Much of the fonds relates to Bowley’s interest and experience in the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service and her participation in the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Peterborough Club. Also included are dozens of Barclay family ancestral letters (description to be added at a later date).

Kathleen Bowley
Fonds · ca. 1940-2014

Fonds consists of two boxes of materials related to the life of Spencer J. Harrison, artist and gay activist.

Harrison, Spencer J., 1962-
CA ON00154 2016.38.7 · 1940

Item is a 'Peterborough Normal School Year Book, 1940', signed by many of the students. The Year Book includes students from Port Hope, including Ruth Trott, I. Symons, E, Retallick, M. Douglas, and M. Dunbar.

Peterborough Normal School
Susan Neale fonds
Fonds · 1938; 1957-2015

Fonds includes reports and photographs pertaining to Susan Nealeís archaeological studies and career in the field of archaeology. The materials focus on Ontario, Nunavut, and England and include photographs and slides taken by Neale of Hambledon Hill, Edmund Point, Nettilling Lake, and Roche Bay. Many of the Roche Bay photographs are of lithics analyzed by Neale for her Trent University Masterís thesis. Also included in the fonds are personal, academic, and family records.

Neale, Susan, 1960-
J. J. Turner Company fonds
CA ON00334 F322 · Fonds · 1933, 1948-1970

Papers related to the operation of J. J. Turner and Company, a Peterborough based manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of canvas products, flags and outdoor recreation. The papers are arranged in 43 files roughly organized around activities. File 1 is a 1933 catalogue, in very fine condition. The next few files relate to the work force at Turner’s. There is also research related to the centennial of St. Peter's High School, Peterborough, 1933-1970.

Turner, J.J. (John James)
John Quentin Brown fonds
Fonds · 1926-2005

Fonds includes letters between John Quentin Brown and family members and photographs primarily of Quentin and his immediate family. Also included is a copy of The Army’s Mister Brown: A Family Trilogy, 1941-1952.

John Quentin Brown
Fonds · 1917-2017

Fonds consists of personal and business correspondence, notes, reports, minutes, invitations, and other documents pertaining to the life and career of Thomas H.B. Symons

Thomas H.B. Symons
Fonds · 1911; 1962-2012

Fonds is comprised of annual reports, historical accounts, photographs, newspaper clippings, programs and membership lists of Shining Waters Presbyterial UCW.

Shining Waters Presbyterial UCW
Kenneth Brown fonds
CA ON00333 12-010 · Fonds · 1906; 1925; 2012

Fonds is primarily comprised of copies of research material. Included are reproductions of genealogical materials related to the Brownscombe family of Peterborough, Ontario, beginning with William Brownscombe (1830-1893), a descendent of Kenneth Brown's wife, Kathleen Brownscombe. Also included is material related to the Haliburton Scout Reserve, the Canadian Canoe Company and the Wm. English Canoe Company.

Brown, Kenneth
CA ON00340 F2980 · Fonds · 1904-2014

Fonds consists of records, including marriages, 1907-1920, of Knox Presbyterian Church, Peterborough, 1904-1925, and records, including baptisms, 1913-2011, marriages, 1920-2011, and burials, 1926-2011, of Knox United Church, Peterborough (including Knox Presbyterian Church), 1925-2014.

Knox United Church (Peterborough, Ont.)
CA ON00334 F94 · Fonds · 1903-2003

The fonds is organized in the following series. Those series most pertinent to Gerry’s work and interest in canoes and history are Series A to F. However, the photographic collections found elsewhere contain many shots related to canoeing history. The papers are also distinguished by materials related to the lives of his parents and grandparents and his uncle, Mel Sucee.

A. Wooden Canoe Heritage Association, 1993-2003 (Files 1-120, 902- ) 1.5 m
B. Heritage Canoe Festival, 1985-1996 (Files 121-157) 25 cm
C. Canadian Canoe Museum, 1990-2003 (Files 158-165) 7 cm
D. Peterborough Centennial Museum and Archives, 1986-1987 (Files 166-169, 585-586) 5 cm
E. Peterborough Historical Society, 1987-1998 (Files 170-192) 20 cm
F. Peterborough Canoe History, 1976-2003 (Files 193-519, 587-593) Research materials from 1850s to present 1.5 m
G. Cottage life, 1977-1992 (Files 520-558, 797, 898-901) 45 cm
H. Bell Canada, 1970-1995 (Files 559-565) 13 cm
I. Mary and Gerry Stephenson, 1938-1993 (Files 566-584; 594-622) 35 cm
J. Gerry Stephenson photographic, 1967-2000 (Files 623-720, 773) 60 cm
K. Gerry Stephenson slides, 1949-1993 (Files 721-757) 25 cm
L. Dainard family, 1951, undated (Files 758-764) 5 cm
M. Fred Stephenson and family, 1940s-1990s (Files 765-796, less 773; 809-829; 867-885, 897) 35 cm
N. Joseph Sucee family, 1904-1930 (Files 798-808, 886-896) 15 cm
O. Mel Sucee, 1890s-1940s (Files 830-866) 10 cm
P. Mel Sucee, moving film collection

Stephenson, Gerry
CA ON00340 F2832 · Fonds · 1896-1987

Fonds consists of marriage register of Havelock Methodist Church, 1896-1914; and baptisms, 1942-1982, marriages, 1942-1987, burials, 1942-1977, of Havelock - Trent River Pastoral Charge

Havelock - Trent River Pastoral Charge (Ont.)